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CVE-2019-18809

Published: 7 November 2019

A memory leak in the af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-2289adbfa559.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the Afatech AF9005 DVB-T USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion).

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
The Fixes tag in the fix commit is incorrect. c58b84ee467b introduced
the leak.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.6

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-88.88)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-42.34)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-18.22)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-16.19)
Patches:
Introduced by

c58b84ee467bfd08b39fbda56757ba19ac50980a

Fixed by 2289adbfa559050d2a38bcd9caac1c18b800e928
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1025.28)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-5.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.6.0-1007.7)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1060.62)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1013.14)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1001.10)
linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1060.62~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1032.34)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1016.17)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1006.6)
trusty
Released (4.15.0-1071.76~14.04.1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1071.76)
linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1031.32)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1014.15)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1055.59)
linux-gcp-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1052.55)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1030.31)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-42.34~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-88.88~16.04.1)
linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1053.53)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1012.13)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1004.4)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1004.9)
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1073.83)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (4.15.0-1073.83)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
linux-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1039.44)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.0.0-1039.44)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1033.36)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1011.12)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1033.36~16.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1011.16)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1055.59)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1019.21)
focal Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-1013.19)
linux-raspi2-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1019.21~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1072.79)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1012.12)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.6
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H