Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-19077

 

Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-19077

Published: November 27, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23036
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19077
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "bnxt_re_create_srq()" function in "drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "ib_copy_to_udata()" failures.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Anolis OS
kernel
python3-perf
perf
kernel-tools-libs-devel
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools
kernel-modules-extra
kernel-modules
kernel-headers
kernel-debug-modules-extra
kernel-debug-modules
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-core
kernel-debug
kernel-core
bpftool
kernel-devel
python-perf

How to mitigate CVE-2019-19077

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 5.3.12
kernel - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
python3-perf - update to 4.19.91-23.4
perf - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
kernel-tools-libs-devel - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
kernel-tools-libs - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
kernel-modules-extra - update to 4.19.91-23.4
kernel-modules - update to 4.19.91-23.4
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
kernel-debug-modules-extra - update to 4.19.91-23.4
kernel-debug-modules - update to 4.19.91-23.4
kernel-debug-devel - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
kernel-debug-core - update to 4.19.91-23.4
kernel-debug - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
kernel-core - update to 4.19.91-23.4
bpftool - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.19.91-23.4, 4.19.91-26
python-perf - update to 4.19.91-26

External References

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