# CVE-2019-12378: An issue was discovered in ip6\_ra\_control in net/ipv6/ipv6\_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-05-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in ip6_ra_control in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kmalloc of new_ra, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash). NOTE: This has been disputed as not an issue

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## References

- https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/25/229
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=95baa60a0da80a0143e3ddd4d3725758b4513825
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108475
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLGWJKLMTBBB53D5QLS4HOY2EH246WBE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J36BIJTKEPUOZKJNHQBUZA47RQONUKOI/

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