CVE-2019-18812 Information

Description

A memory leak in the sof_dfsentry_write() function in sound/soc/sof/debug.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) aka CID-c0a333d842ef.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c0a333d842ef67ac04adc72ff79dc1ccc3dca4ed https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5