CVE-2019-15807 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Kernel

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Linux KernelDebian LinuxDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.1.13, there is a memory leak in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c when SAS expander discovery fails. This will cause a BUG and denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.1.13
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.2.6-1+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.2.6-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vwgq-pmmf-6whv: In the Linux kernel before 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-15807: In the Linux kernel before 5↗2019-08-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Memory leak in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c↗2019-08-29
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Debian
CVE-2019-15807: linux - In the Linux kernel before 5.1.13, there is a memory leak in drivers/scsi/libsas...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15807 kernel: Memory leak in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c↗2019-08-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15807 kernel: Memory leak in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c [fedora-all]↗2019-08-29
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