Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime 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% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LINUX419-598281
  • published30 Jun 2020
  • disclosed29 Jun 2020

Introduced: 29 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-15393  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (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.

In the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.6, usbtest_disconnect in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c has a memory leak, aka CID-28ebeb8db770.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1