CVE-2019-12614
There is an unchecked kstrdup of prop->name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup of prop->name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.65% probability · 51th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00014.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108550Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=efa9ace68e487ddd29c2b4d6dd23242158f1f607Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDURACJVGIBIYBSGDZJTRDPX46H5WPZW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBJHGQXA4PQ5EOGCOXEH3KFDNVZ2I4X7/
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/3/526Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54337315Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54337315?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-2/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00014.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108550Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=efa9ace68e487ddd29c2b4d6dd23242158f1f607Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDURACJVGIBIYBSGDZJTRDPX46H5WPZW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBJHGQXA4PQ5EOGCOXEH3KFDNVZ2I4X7/
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/3/526Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.