Resource Exhaustion Affecting linux-4.19 package, versions <4.19.132-1~deb9u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LINUX419-598280
  • published5 May 2020
  • disclosed5 May 2020

Introduced: 5 May 2020

CVE-2020-12655  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 linux-4.19 to version 4.19.132-1~deb9u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.19 package and not the linux-4.19 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in xfs_agf_verify in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.10. Attackers may trigger a sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata, aka CID-d0c7feaf8767.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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