Description
A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-96c5c6e6a5b6.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/96c5c6e6a5b6db592acae039fed54b5c8844cd35
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 x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/
Scores
CVSS v3
4.4
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
27.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.10
fedoraproject/fedora
30
fedoraproject/fedora
31
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.3.11
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
Published
Nov 18, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026