CVE-2019-12881

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-12881  

Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-06-18 CWE: CWE-476 Bugzilla: 1723860: CVE-2019-12881 kernel: NULL pointer dereference in i915_gem_userptr_get_pages allows local denial of service via crafted ioctl calls i915_gem_userptr_get_pages in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c in the Linux kernel 4.15.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted ioctl calls to /dev/dri/card0.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

i915_gem_userptr_get_pages in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c in the Linux kernel 4.15.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted ioctl calls to /dev/dri/card0.

Find out more about CVE-2019-12881 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 6.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Virtualization 4 kernel Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt Affected
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