Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-2038663
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Nov 2019

Introduced: 21 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19065  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.18.0-193.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering rhashtable_init() failures, aka CID-34b3be18a04e. NOTE: This has been disputed as not a vulnerability because "rhashtable_init() can only fail if it is passed invalid values in the second parameter's struct, but when invoked from sdma_init() that is a pointer to a static const struct, so an attacker could only trigger failure if they could corrupt kernel memory (in which case a small memory leak is not a significant problem).

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