CVE-2019-19054

Description

A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering kfifo_alloc() failures, aka CID-a7b2df76b42b.

Category

4.7
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a7b2df76b42bdd026e3106cf2ba97db41345a177 third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/ vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-19054?
CVE-2019-19054 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-19054?
To fix CVE-2019-19054, 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-2019-19054 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-19054 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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