CVE-2019-18812

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Linux Kernel

PublishedNov 7, 2019

First seenNov 7, 2019

How to fix

Update

linux linux_kernel5.4 or later

Vendor advisories

lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
linux linux_kernel	5.3 ≤ v < 5.4	5.4

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