CVE-2019-19072 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption13 documents7 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8OSV8.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 72.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Linux KernelDebian LinuxCanonical Ubuntu Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-96c5c6e6a5b6.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.6-1+3
▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.3.11
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.4.6-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 19.04, 19.10, Enterprise Linux 8.0, Fedora 30, 31

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-qq78-m4wp-cjf7: A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter↗2022-05-24
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OSV
linux-hwe vulnerabilities↗2020-01-18
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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 vulnerabilities↗2020-01-07
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities↗2020-01-07
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OSV
CVE-2019-19072: A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter↗2019-11-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2020-01-18
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2020-01-07
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2020-01-07
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Red Hat
kernel: A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c allows for a DoS↗2019-11-21
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Debian
CVE-2019-19072: linux - A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_fil...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19072 kernel: A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c allows for a DoS↗2019-11-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19072 kernel: A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c allows for a DoS [fedora-all]↗2019-11-21
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