CVE-2019-15118 Information

Description

check_input_term in sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 mishandles recursion leading to kernel stack exhaustion.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?id=19bce474c45be69a284ecee660aa12d8f1e88f18 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00000.html https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190815043554.16623-1-benquike@gmail.com/ https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/41 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4531

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5