Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-1393098
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Dec 2019

Introduced: 30 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-20096  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 kernel-debug-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel before 5.1, there is a memory leak in __feat_register_sp() in net/dccp/feat.c, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-1d3ff0950e2b.

CVSS Scores

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