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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-20095: ELSA-2020-4060: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-20095: ELSA-2020-4060: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/30/2019
Created
10/09/2020
Added
10/07/2020
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

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