CVE-2019-19046 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A memory leak in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering ida_simple_get() failure, aka CID-4aa7afb0ee20. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this because an attacker cannot realistically control this failure at probe time
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
Also affects: Fedora 30, 31
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
5GHSA▶
GHSA-j58x-5m9c-f2g5: A memory leak in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler↗2022-05-24
OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.3, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities↗2020-04-10
OSV
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OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon, linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2020-03-25
OSV▶
CVE-2019-19046: A memory leak in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler↗2019-11-18