Memory Leak Affecting kernel-obs-build package, versions <4.12.14-197.29.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELOBSBUILD-3255612
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed17 Dec 2019

Introduced: 17 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19075  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-obs-build to version 4.12.14-197.29.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-obs-build package and not the kernel-obs-build package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering ca8210_get_platform_data() failures, aka CID-6402939ec86e.

CVSS Scores

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