Christoph Fritz

**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions** Linux kernel (affected versions not specified) **Description** The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the copy up warning of the ovl component in the Linux kernel. This could potentially allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. The patch fixes the NULL pointer dereference to get a recently introduced warning message working. **Recommendations** At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.