CVE-2019-16229

MEDIUM
4.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2019 at 03:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux

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Severity
MEDIUM4.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_interrupt.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: The security community disputes this issues as not being serious enough to be deserving a CVE id

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (7)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150469#c3
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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