CVE-2019-15118 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Linux

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled RecursionCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption18 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.4OSV7.0
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Linux KernelDebian LinuxCanonical Ubuntu Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 16
Latest updateMay 24

Description

check_input_term in sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 mishandles recursion, leading to kernel stack exhaustion.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.2.17-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-166.195+1
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.2.17-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04

Patches

Patch: packetstormsecurity.com ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: lore.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
GHSA
GHSA-7hqx-w6mq-g592: check_input_term in sound/usb/mixer↗2022-05-24
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OSV
linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities↗2019-10-23
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2019-10-23
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2019-10-22
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2019-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities↗2019-10-23
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2019-10-23
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-10-22
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-10-22
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-10-04
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📐Framework References

1
CWE
Uncontrolled Recursion↗
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15118 kernel: mishandling recursion in sound/usb/mixer.c leading to kernel stack exhaustion and crash [fedora-all]↗2020-03-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15118 kernel: mishandling recursion in sound/usb/mixer.c leading to kernel stack exhaustion and crash↗2019-08-20
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