CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-16921

7.5 HIGH Published 2019-09-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-09-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-665

Description

In the Linux kernel before 4.17, hns_roce_alloc_ucontext in drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c does not initialize the resp data structure, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory, aka CID-df7e40425813.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 4.17)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness

References