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).
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-4209 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).
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:24:38.784Z

Reserved: 2019-06-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-12615

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-03T22:29:00.337

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:23:11.477

Link: CVE-2019-12615

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-06-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-12615 - Bugzilla

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