CVE-2019-12378

CVE Details

Release Date:	2019-05-27
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in ip6_ra_control in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kmalloc of new_ra, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash). NOTE: This has been disputed as not an issue.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4729	2019-07-29
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4729	2019-07-29
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4746	2019-08-15