CVE-2019-16234

low-risk
Published 2019-09-11

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Do I need to act?

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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.7/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Linux Canonical Opensuse

References (16)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html
Patch https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4342-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4346-1/
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html
Patch https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4342-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4346-1/
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low-risk
Severity 12/34 · Low
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low