CVE-2019-18813Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Kernel

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.8OSV8.8
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 7
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory leak in the dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering platform_device_add_properties() failures, aka CID-9bbfceea12a8.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.194.19.84+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.3.15-1+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 5.3.15-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 19.04, 19.10

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-xjmq-x923-hrwq: A memory leak in the dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci2022-05-24
OSV
linux-hwe vulnerabilities2020-01-18
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.0, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-kvm, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.0, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities2020-01-07
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities2020-01-07
OSV
CVE-2019-18813: A memory leak in the dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci2019-11-07

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities2020-01-18
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-01-07
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-01-07
Red Hat
kernel: memory leak in dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c2019-10-27
Debian
CVE-2019-18813: linux - A memory leak in the dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c in...2019

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18813 kernel: memory leak in dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c [fedora-all]2019-11-27
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18813 kernel: memory leak in dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c2019-11-27