Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-08-27 CWE: CWE-400 Bugzilla: 1747334: CVE-2019-15666 kernel: out-of-bounds array access in __xfrm_policy_unlink An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.19. There is an out-of-bounds array access in __xfrm_policy_unlink, which will cause denial of service, because verify_newpolicy_info in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c mishandles directory validation.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-15666 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 6.2 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | High |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Virtualization 4 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-alt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Under investigation |