VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-12615

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.92%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-06-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup_const of node_info->vdev_port.name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476

Primary references