Vulnerability identifier: #VU34375
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components /
Operating system
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
go7007_snd_init in drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6 does not call snd_card_free for a failure path, which causes a memory leak, aka CID-9453264ef586.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Linux kernel: 5.0 - 5.0.21, 5.1 - 5.1.21, 5.2 - 5.2.21, 5.3 - 5.3.18, 5.4 - 5.4.42, 5.5 - 5.5.19
External links
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
http://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9453264ef58638ce8976121ac44c07a3ef375983
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.