APPLIED[X/B/D]: [PATCH 0/1][SRU][E/D/B/X] CVE-2019-12614: POWER DoS

[Kleber Souza]

On 15.07.19 21:53, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> An issue was discovered in dlpar_parse_cc_property in
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c in the Linux kernel through
> 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup of prop->name, which might allow an
> attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and
> system crash).
> 
>  https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-12614.html
> 
> IMO, this issue has a questionable security impact but the fix is simple
> so we should apply it.
> 
> I've compile tested this change on all four releases. The fix is
> straightforward and it is a clean cherry-pick to all releases.
> 
> Tyler
> 
> Gen Zhang (1):
>   powerpc/pseries/dlpar: Fix a missing check in
>     dlpar_parse_cc_property()
> 
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 

Applied to xenial, bionic and disco master-next branches.

Thanks,
Kleber