Memory Leak Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.3.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005802
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Nov 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19063  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.3.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. 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.

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