Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.11. fm10k_init_module in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c has a NULL pointer dereference because there is no -ENOMEM upon an alloc_workqueue failure.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/01ca667133d019edc9f0a1f70a272447c84ec41f
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.11
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0052
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.0.11
Published
Sep 04, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026