NULL Pointer Dereference and Panic in Lustre File System: Lack of Validation in mdt_object_remote

NULL Pointer Dereference and Panic in Lustre File System: Lack of Validation in mdt_object_remote

CVE-2019-20424 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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