SB2019082914 - Memory leak in Linux kernel
Published: August 29, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019082914
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15807)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c when SAS expander discovery fails. This will cause a BUG and denial of service. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.13
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3b0541791453fbe7f42867e310e0c9eb6295364d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52136304?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS