Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek package, versions <0:5.4.17-2011.5.3.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEK-2578393
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Nov 2019

Introduced: 18 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19054  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek to version 0:5.4.17-2011.5.3.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5805.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek package and not the kernel-uek package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 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.

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