Memory Leak Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <4.12.14-150.47.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELMACROS-2725449
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Dec 2019

Introduced: 23 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-18809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-macros to version 4.12.14-150.47.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-macros package and not the kernel-macros package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

A memory leak in the af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-2289adbfa559.

CVSS Scores

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