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CVE-2019-19227
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2019-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-476
Description
In the AppleTalk subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.1, there is a potential NULL pointer dereference because register_snap_client may return NULL. This will lead to denial of service in net/appletalk/aarp.c and net/appletalk/ddp.c, as demonstrated by unregister_snap_client, aka CID-9804501fa122.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: before 5.1 — fixed in 5.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9804501fa1228048857910a6bf23e085aade37cc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/
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