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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-11810

This causes a Denial of Service, related to a use-after-free.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.79%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.7. A NULL pointer dereference can occur when megasas_create_frame_pool() fails in megasas_alloc_cmds() in drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c. This causes a Denial of Service, related to a use-after-free.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
5.79% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416, CWE-476
Affected
linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.