PT-2019-3978
CVE-2019-18811
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Published
2019-10-28
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Updated
2021-05-28
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions through 5.3.9
Description
The issue is related to a memory leak in the
sof set get large ctrl data() function, located in sound/soc/sof/ipc.c. This memory leak can be triggered by causing sof get ctrl copy params() failures, leading to a denial of service due to memory consumption. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions through 5.3.9, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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