Bug 1760310 (CVE-2019-16231) - CVE-2019-16231 kernel: null-pointer dereference in drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c
Summary: CVE-2019-16231 kernel: null-pointer dereference in drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-16231
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1760314 Engineering1830563 Engineering1830564 Engineering1830565 Engineering1830566 Engineering1830567
Blocks: Embargoed1760312
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Reported: 2019-10-10 11:15 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2021-02-16 21:17 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the FUJITSU Extended Socket Network driver. A call to the alloc_workqueue return was not validated and causes a denial of service at the time of failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Last Closed: 2020-09-29 21:58:31 UTC

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4416 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:09:24 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4417 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:07:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4418 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:13:16 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4419 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:12:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4420 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:50:52 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4060 0 None None None 2020-09-29 20:51:44 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4062 0 None None None 2020-09-29 18:58:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4431 0 None None None 2020-11-04 00:49:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4609 0 None None None 2020-11-04 02:21:12 UTC

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-10-10 11:15:41 UTC 
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in fjes_probe in drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c in FUJITSU Extended Socket Network driver.  Here a call to alloc_workqueue return was not validated and can cause a denial of service at the time of failure. This could allow an attacker to crash the system or leak kernel internal information.

Reference:
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-10-10 11:18:40 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1760314]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2019-12-02 14:50:40 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora in the 5.3.11 stable kernel update
Comment 4 Rohit Keshri 2020-05-02 18:12:39 UTC 
Mitigation:

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Comment 9 Eric Christensen 2020-05-04 17:58:26 UTC 
External References:

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2020-09-29 18:58:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:4062 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4062
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2020-09-29 20:51:39 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:4060 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4060
Comment 12 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-09-29 21:58:31 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-16231
Comment 28 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 00:49:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:4431 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4431
Comment 29 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 02:21:10 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:4609 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4609
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