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CVE-2019-19068

Published: 18 November 2019

A memory leak in the rtl8xxxu_submit_int_urb() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering usb_submit_urb() failures, aka CID-a2cdd07488e6.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the Realtek RTL8xxx USB Wi-Fi 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).

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.6

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1063.67)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1013.14)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
trusty
Released (4.4.0-1062.66)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1102.113)
upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist

bionic
Released (5.0.0-1027.30)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal 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
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-91.92)
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
Released (4.4.0-174.204)
Patches:
Introduced by

26f1fad29ad973b0fb26a9ca3dcb2a73dde781aa

Fixed by a2cdd07488e666aa93a49a3fc9c9b1299e27ef3c
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 (4.15.0-1063.67~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1035.37)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1016.17)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1006.6)
trusty
Released (4.15.0-1074.79~14.04.1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1075.80)
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 (5.0.0-1033.34)
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 (4.15.0-1058.62)
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 (4.15.0-1055.58)
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 (5.0.0-1032.33)
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-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 (4.15.0-91.92~16.04.1)
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 (4.15.0-1056.57)
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
Released (4.4.0-1066.73)
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
Released (4.4.0-174.204~14.04.1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1076.86)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (4.15.0-1076.86)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
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-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1043.48)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.0.0-1043.48)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1035.39)
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 (4.15.0-1035.38~16.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1013.18)
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 (4.15.0-1057.61)
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
Released (4.4.0-1129.138)
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 (4.15.0-1074.81)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.5~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1133.141)

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