CVE-2019-12380
kernel: memory allocation failure in the efi subsystem leads to denial of service
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · May 25, 2019
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of UEFI. An attacker who can influence early-boot memory initialization could possibly influence firmware initialization and memory allocations, resulting in a panic of a guest or target system during early boot of that same system.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-252 · Unchecked Return Value