CVE-2019-19068

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel <5.3.11 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the rtl8xxxu_submit_int_urb() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering usb_submit_urb() failures, aka CID-a2cdd07488e6.

References (11)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2cdd07488e666aa93a49a3fc9c9b1299e27ef3c

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4301-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4302-1/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.9%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (11)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.11

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

opensuse/leap

redhat/enterprise_linux

redhat/enterprise_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026