SB2019112712 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel 



SB2019112712 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

Published: November 27, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019112712
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 19
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 58% Low 42%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 19 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19077)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "bnxt_re_create_srq()" function in "drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "ib_copy_to_udata()" failures.


2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19078)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c" file. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "usb_submit_urb()" failures.


3) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19072)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "predicate_parse()" function in "kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service (memory consumption).


4) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19073)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "htc_config_pipe_credits()", "htc_setup_complete()" and "htc_connect_service()" functions in "drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "wait_for_completion_timeout()" failures.

5) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19063)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "rtl_usb_probe()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption).

6) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19068)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "rtl8xxxu_submit_int_urb()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering "usb_submit_urb()" failures.


7) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19071)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "rsi_send_beacon()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mgmt.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "rsi_prepare_beacon()" failures.


8) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19074)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "ath9k_wmi_cmd()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption).


9) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19082)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the *create_resource_pool() functions in "drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption).

This vulnerability affects the following functions:

  • dce120_create_resource_pool() function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dce120/dce120_resource.c
  • dce110_create_resource_pool() function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dce110/dce110_resource.c
  • dce100_create_resource_pool() function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dce100/dce100_resource.c
  • dcn10_create_resource_pool() function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn10/dcn10_resource.c
  • dce112_create_resource_pool() function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dce112/dce112_resource.c

10) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19066)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "bfad_im_get_stats()" function in "drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "bfa_port_get_stats()" failures.


11) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19053)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "rpmsg_eptdev_write_iter()" function in "drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "copy_from_iter_full()" failures.


12) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19059)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "iwl_pcie_ctxt_info_gen3_init()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/ctxt-info-gen3.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "iwl_pcie_init_fw_sec() or dma_alloc_coherent()" failures.


13) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19058)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "alloc_sgtable()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering "alloc_page()" failures.


14) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19057)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "mwifiex_pcie_init_evt_ring()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c"  file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "mwifiex_map_pci_memory()" failures.


15) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19050)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "crypto_reportstat()" function in "crypto/crypto_user_stat.c" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "crypto_reportstat_alg()" failures.


16) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19054)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "cx23888_ir_probe()" function in "drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "kfifo_alloc()" failures.


17) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19056)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "mwifiex_pcie_alloc_cmdrsp_buf()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "mwifiex_map_pci_memory()" failures.


18) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19062)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "crypto_report()" function in "crypto/crypto_user_base.c" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "crypto_report_alg()" failures.


19) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19043)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "i40e_setup_macvlans()" function in "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "i40e_setup_channel()" failures.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References