Vulnerability identifier: #VU30604

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19051

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the i2400m_op_rfkill_sw_toggle() function in drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/op-rfkill.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-6f3ef5c25cc7. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation
Update to version 5.3.11.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: 5.3.1 - 5.3.10

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External links
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
http://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.11
http://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6f3ef5c25cc762687a7341c18cbea5af54461407
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4302-1/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.