Memory Leak Affecting kernel-cross-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELCROSSHEADERS-2556096
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Nov 2019

Introduced: 18 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19073  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-cross-headers to version 0:4.18.0-193.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1769.

NVD Description

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

Memory leaks in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering wait_for_completion_timeout() failures. This affects the htc_config_pipe_credits() function, the htc_setup_complete() function, and the htc_connect_service() function, aka CID-853acf7caf10.

CVSS Base Scores

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