Bug 1157039 – VUL-0: CVE-2019-19079: kernel-source: A memory leak in the qrtr_tun_write_iter() function in net/qrtr/tun.c

Bug 1157039 - (CVE-2019-19079) VUL-0: CVE-2019-19079: kernel-source: A memory leak in the qrtr_tun_write_iter() function in net/qrtr/tun.c

(CVE-2019-19079)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2019-19079: kernel-source: A memory leak in the qrtr_tun_write_ite...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Major
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URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/247517/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3:SUSE:CVE-2019-19079:7.5:(AV:N...
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Reported:	2019-11-18 14:30 UTC by Robert Frohl
Modified:	2019-12-05 12:53 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Frohl 2019-11-18 14:30:08 UTC

CVE-2019-19079

A memory leak in the qrtr_tun_write_iter() function in net/qrtr/tun.c in the
Linux kernel before 5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory
consumption), aka CID-a21b7f0cff19.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-19079
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a21b7f0cff1906a93a0130b74713b15a0b36481d
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19079
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3

Comment 1 Robert Frohl 2019-11-18 14:31:00 UTC

I believe this does not affect us, code introduced with 4.18. Couldn't find a backport.