CVE-2019-18680

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 v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/18/337	Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.195	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5e	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5e	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-11-04 07:15

Updated : 2023-01-17 13:31

NVD link : CVE-2019-18680

Mitre link : CVE-2019-18680

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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