Description
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
Published: 2019-05-28
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:17:40.002Z

Reserved: 2019-05-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-12378

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-28T03:29:00.247

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:22:42.387

Link: CVE-2019-12378

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-05-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-12378 - Bugzilla

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