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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2019-20424

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

In the Lustre file system before 2.12.3, mdt_object_remote in the mdt module has a NULL pointer dereference and panic due to the lack of validation for specific fields of packets sent by a client.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published