NULL Pointer Dereference in qla_os.c in Linux Kernel 5.2.14

CVE-2019-16233 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

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