CVE-2019-19075 Information

Description

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 Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.8 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6402939ec86eaf226c8b8ae00ed983936b164908 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/

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