Memory Leak Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-2173894
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Nov 2019

Introduced: 18 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19046  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (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.

A memory leak in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering ida_simple_get() failure, aka CID-4aa7afb0ee20. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this because an attacker cannot realistically control this failure at probe time

CVSS Scores

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