CVE-2019-18680

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.4.x before 4.4.195. There is a NULL pointer dereference in rds_tcp_kill_sock() in net/rds/tcp.c that will cause denial of service, aka CID-91573ae4aed0.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

3.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 89th percentile

Published

2019-11-04

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.195

Security advisories

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=91573ae4aed0a…
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/18/337
• torvalds/linux/commit/91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5e
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry