Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-2173644
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Dec 2019

Introduced: 30 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-20095  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-1160.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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