CVE-2019-19055
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
A memory leak in the nl80211_get_ftm_responder_stats() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering nl80211hdr_put() failures, aka CID-1399c59fa929. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this because it occurs on a code path where a successful allocation has already occurred
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19055
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19055.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.4.6-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.4.6-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.4.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.4.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.4.6-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.