Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-rt-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTCORE-2024627
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Nov 2019

Introduced: 21 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19057  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-rt-core to version 0:4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-core package and not the kernel-rt-core package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Two memory leaks in the mwifiex_pcie_init_evt_ring() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering mwifiex_map_pci_memory() failures, aka CID-d10dcb615c8e.

CVSS Scores

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