Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.325.1.el5uek


Severity

high

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2579212
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 18 Nov 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.325.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5878.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug package and not the kernel-uek-debug package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering kfifo_alloc() failures, aka CID-a7b2df76b42b.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

4.7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

4.7 medium
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SUSE

2.9 low
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Red Hat

4.7 medium