CVE-2019-18813

Description

A memory leak in the dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering platform_device_add_properties() failures, aka CID-9bbfceea12a8.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.24% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bbfceea12a8f145097a27d7c7267af25893c060 mailing list patch vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-18813?
CVE-2019-18813 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-18813?
To fix CVE-2019-18813, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-18813 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-18813 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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