Memory Leak Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.231-173.360.amzn2
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- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 18 Nov 2019
Introduced: 18 Nov 2019
CVE-2019-19060 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.231-173.360.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1627.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-devel package and not the kernel-tools-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
A memory leak in the adis_update_scan_mode() function in drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-ab612b1daf41.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19060
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.9
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab612b1daf415b62c58e130cb3d0f30b255a14d0
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/