CVE-2019-19227

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

published November 22, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00644 · 50.3th percentile
Published
2019-11-22T13:39Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 NOV 13:39Z
    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
    cvelistv5