K52325031: Linux kernel vulnerabilities CVE-2019-16231 and CVE-2019-16233

Security Advisory Description CVE-2019-16231 drivers/net/fjes/fjesmain.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the allocworkqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. CVE-2019-16233 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qlaos.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the allocworkqueue retur...

CVE-2019-16231

drivers/net/fjes/fjesmain.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the allocworkqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference...

CVE-2019-16231

CVE-2019-16231 affects Linux kernel 5.2.14 through a NULL pointer dereference caused by failing to check the return value of alloc_workqueue in drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c. The description specifies this root cause and the potential impact (remote kernel crash) but does not provide details on af...