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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-18809: kernel: memory leak in af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-18809: kernel: memory leak in af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/07/2019
Created
03/13/2021
Added
03/12/2021
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

A memory leak in the af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-2289adbfa559.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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