CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2019-12615
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.57%
Linux
Original NVD Description
An issue was discovered in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup_const of node_info->vdev_port.name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).
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