Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-18808
Published: January 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24433
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18808
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "ccp_run_sha_cmd()" function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows a local user to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18808
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/128c66429247add5128c03dc1e144ca56f05a4e2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/