Description
Two memory leaks in the rtl_usb_probe() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-3f9361695113.
References (14)
Core 14
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3f93616951138a598d930dcaec40f2bfd9ce43bb
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
Scores
CVSS v3
4.6
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
22.1%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (38)
broadcom/brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04 (2 CPE variants)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.10
fedoraproject/fedora
30
fedoraproject/fedora
31
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.3.11
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/aff_baseboard_management_controller
... and 28 more
Published
Nov 18, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026