CVE-2019-19227

Medium

Description

In the AppleTalk subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.1, there is a potential NULL pointer dereference because register_snap_client may return NULL. This will lead to denial of service in net/appletalk/aarp.c and net/appletalk/ddp.c, as demonstrated by unregister_snap_client, aka CID-9804501fa122.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability51. percentile0.6%
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedNov 22, 2019
First seenNov 22, 2019

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 5.15.1

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