Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-3756757
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 10 Sep 2019
Introduced: 10 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-19077 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-193.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1769.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A memory leak in the bnxt_re_create_srq() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering copy to udata failures, aka CID-4a9d46a9fe14.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19077
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a9d46a9fe14401f21df69cea97c62396d5fb053
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1769
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/