CVE-2019-16233: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Mon Sep 09 2019(Updated: )
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the QLOGIC drivers for HBA. A call to alloc_workqueue return was not validated and can cause a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/kernel-rt | <0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-1160.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1160.el7 |
| redhat/kernel-rt | <0:4.18.0-240.rt7.54.el8 | 0:4.18.0-240.rt7.54.el8 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:4.18.0-240.el8 | 0:4.18.0-240.el8 |
| Linux Linux kernel | =5.2.14 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =19.04 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =15.0 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =15.1 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
| debian/linux | <=5.10.223-1<=5.10.226-1<=6.1.115-1<=6.1.119-1<=6.11.10-1<=6.12.5-1 |
Remedy
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
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Reference Links
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16233 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16233 https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1760420
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4060
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4609
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4431
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-16233
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00035.html
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4346-1/
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-16233
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1760421
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16233
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16233
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16233
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16233
Parent vulnerabilities
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- package-manager/redhat
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- version/linux linux kernel/5.2.14
- vendor/canonical
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- vendor/opensuse
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- version/redhat enterprise linux/8.0
- package-manager/debian