PT-2019-3983 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2019-10-28 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2019-18812

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions through 5.3.9

Description A memory leak in the sof dfsentry write() function allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory consumption. The issue is related to uncontrolled resource consumption.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions through 5.3.9, consider updating to a version that contains a fix for this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Memory Leak

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-3291

ALT-PU-2019-3343

ALT-PU-2019-3369

ALT-PU-2020-1421

ALT-PU-2020-1450

BDU:2019-04514

CVE-2019-18812

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 209

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c0a333d842ef67ac04adc72ff79dc1ccc3dca4ed · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18812 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18812 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04514 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-18812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16536 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18812 · Note