<p>Upgrade <code>RHEL:8</code> <code>kernel-doc</code> to version 0:4.18.0-240.el8 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RHSA-2020:4431</code>.</p>

Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.el8

Threat Intelligence

0.15% (52^nd percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-3845807
published 26 Jul 2021
disclosed 21 Nov 2019

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Introduced: 21 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19063 Open this link in a new tab CWE-400 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-240.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4431.

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.

Two memory leaks in the rtl_usb_probe() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-3f9361695113.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Physical
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High

Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.el8

Severity

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating