Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:4.14.35-1902.10.7.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2576256
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Dec 2019

Introduced: 30 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-20095  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:4.14.35-1902.10.7.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5533.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-devel package and not the kernel-uek-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.

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