NetSight
medium4.1

CVE-2019-16231

drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Impact

drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
Version 5.2.14
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10
OpensuseLeap
Versions 15.0, 15.1
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification

References