Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-18813
Published: January 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24435
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-2019-18813
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 "dwc3_pci_probe()" function in "drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c" in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows local user to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering "platform_device_add_properties()" failures.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18813
Install update from vendor's website.