High severity · published Nov 18, 2019
CVE-2019-19053
A memory leak in the rpmsg_eptdev_write_iter() function in drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory…
7.5
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A memory leak in the rpmsg_eptdev_write_iter() function in drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering copy_from_iter_full() failures, aka CID-bbe692e349e2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.20 before 5.4.12 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AB
Aff Baseboard Management Controller · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
BF
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware · Broadcom
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DA
Data Availability Services · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
ES
E-series Santricity OS Controller · Netapp
11.0; 11.0.0; 11.20; 11.25; 11.30; 11.30.5r3; +12 more · source: NVD
FB
Fas/aff Baseboard Management Controller · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HB
Hci Baseboard Management Controller · Netapp
h610s · source: NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SH
Solidfire & Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SB
Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19053
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19053
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bbe692e349e2a1edf3fe0a29a0e05899c9c94d51
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4301-1/
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