Description
A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering kfifo_alloc() failures, aka CID-a7b2df76b42b.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 4.7/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a7b2df76b42bdd026e3106cf2ba97db41345a177Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a7b2df76b42bdd026e3106cf2ba97db41345a177Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 18, 2019
- Last modified
- Oct 8, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified