CVE-2019-19075 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Kernel

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption13 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.8OSV8.8OSV6.7
EPSS
1.8%
top 17.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Linux KernelDebian LinuxCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering ca8210_get_platform_data() failures, aka CID-6402939ec86e.

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 Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.12 — 4.14.151+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.3.9-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.15.0-72.81
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.3.9-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-5wfx-mrw3-hhmx: A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210↗2022-05-24
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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-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2019-12-03
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2019-12-02
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OSV
CVE-2019-19075: A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210↗2019-11-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2020-01-07
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-12-03
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-12-02
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Red Hat
kernel: memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c leads to DoS↗2019-09-17
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Debian
CVE-2019-19075: linux - A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c ...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19075 kernel: memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c leads to DoS [fedora-all]↗2019-11-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19075 kernel: memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c leads to DoS↗2019-11-26
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