VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-18680
There is a NULL pointer dereference in rds_tcp_kill_sock() in net/rds/tcp.c that will cause denial of service, aka CID-91573ae4aed0.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.64%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.64%). 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 4.4.x before 4.4.195. There is a NULL pointer dereference in rds_tcp_kill_sock() in net/rds/tcp.c that will cause denial of service, aka CID-91573ae4aed0.
- 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
- 3.64% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.195Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5ePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/18/337Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.195Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5ePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/18/337Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.