Severity
4.7MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering kfifo_alloc() failures, aka CID-a7b2df76b42b.

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 Packages11 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.3.11
Debianlinux< 5.5.13-1+3
Ubuntulinux< 4.4.0-190.220
Ubuntulinux-aws< 4.4.0-1114.127+1
Ubuntulinux-kvm< 4.4.0-1080.87

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, Fedora 30, 31

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-w7wr-8ggv-cvqw: A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir2022-05-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2020-09-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities2020-09-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2020-09-23
CVEList
CVE-2019-19054: A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir2019-11-18

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-09-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-09-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-09-23
Red Hat
kernel: A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c allows attackers to cause a DoS2019-09-25
Debian
CVE-2019-19054: linux - A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx...2019

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19054 kernel: A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c allows attackers to cause a DoS2019-11-21
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19054 kernel: A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c allows attackers to cause a DoS [fedora-all]2019-11-21