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CVE-2019-16231

MEDIUM
4.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2019 at 03:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsLinux KernelUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux

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Severity
MEDIUM4.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected

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

References (9)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00035.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00039.html
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/

CVSS

4.1MEDIUM[email protected]
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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