Memory Leak Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.3.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005819
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 Dec 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.3.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. In the Linux kernel before 5.3.4, there is an info-leak bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusb_dec.c driver, aka CID-a10feaf8c464.

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