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


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTDEBUG-2024616
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Sept 2019

Introduced: 10 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-19077  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-rt-debug 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-debug package and not the kernel-rt-debug package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A memory leak in the bnxt_re_create_srq() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering copy to udata failures, aka CID-4a9d46a9fe14.

CVSS Scores

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