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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16230
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer derefere...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: A third-party software maintainer states that the work queue allocation is happening during device initialization, which for a graphics card occurs during boot. It is not attacker controllable and OOM at that time is highly unlikely
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org