CVE-2019-19078 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Kernel

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption15 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
4.0%
top 11.63%
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 ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering usb_submit_urb() failures, aka CID-b8d17e7d93d2.

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_kernel4.14 — 4.14.165+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.13-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.15.0-88.88
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.4.13-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-c7wh-v7rc-mr78: A memory leak in the ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb↗2022-05-24
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities↗2020-02-19
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2020-02-18
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2020-02-18
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OSV
linux-aws-5.0, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-oracle-5.0 vulnerabilities↗2020-01-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2020-02-19
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2020-02-18
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2020-02-18
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2020-01-29
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Red Hat
kernel: memory leak in the ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c leads to DoS↗2019-09-19
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19078 kernel: memory leak in the ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c leads to DoS [fedora-all]↗2019-11-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19078 kernel: memory leak in the ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c leads to DoS↗2019-11-25
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