CWE Code: 476
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.9
CWE Name:  NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: ** disputed ** an issue was discovered in sunxi_divs_clk_setup in drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c in the linux kernel through 5.1.5. there is an unchecked kstrndup of derived_name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (null pointer dereference and system crash). note: this id is disputed as not being an issue because ?the memory allocation that was not checked is part of a code that only runs at boot time, before user processes are started. therefore, there is no possibility for an unprivileged user to control it, and no denial of service.?.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2019-05-30
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-10
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CWE Code: 476
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.9
CWE Name:  NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: ** disputed ** an issue was discovered in sunxi_divs_clk_setup in drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c in the linux kernel through 5.1.5. there is an unchecked kstrndup of derived_name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (null pointer dereference and system crash). note: this id is disputed as not being an issue because ?the memory allocation that was not checked is part of a code that only runs at boot time, before user processes are started. therefore, there is no possibility for an unprivileged user to control it, and no denial of service.?.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2019-05-30
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-10
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