CVE-2019-12382 (Medium) detected in linuxv3.10

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CVE-2019-12382 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - linuxv3.10

Linux kernel source tree

Library home page: https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git

Found in HEAD commit: 439d18b77a020411b95770ba08a9229eed466cde

Found in base branch: xsentinel-1.6-clean

Vulnerable Source Files (2)

android_kernel_samsung_j7xlte/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
android_kernel_samsung_j7xlte/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c

Vulnerability Details

** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in drm_load_edid_firmware in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kstrdup of fwstr, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash). NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because kstrdup() returning NULL is handled sufficiently and there is no chance for a NULL pointer dereference.

Publish Date: 2019-05-28

URL: CVE-2019-12382

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12382

Release Date: 2019-05-28

Fix Resolution: v5.1-rc6

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