Bug 1775056 (CVE-2019-19053)

Summary: CVE-2019-19053 kernel: A memory leak in the rpmsg_eptdev_write_iter() function in drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c allows attackers to cause a DoS
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: msiddiqu
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: acaringi, airlied, bdettelb, bhu, blc, brdeoliv, bskeggs, dhoward, dvlasenk, esammons, fhrbata, hdegoede, hkrzesin, iboverma, ichavero, itamar, jarodwilson, jeremy, jforbes, jglisse, jlelli, john.j5live, jonathan, josef, jross, jschorr, jshortt, jstancek, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, labbott, lgoncalv, linville, masami256, matt, mchehab, mcressma, mjg59, mlangsdo, nmurray, plougher, qzhao, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, steved, williams
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Bug Depends On: 1775110    
Bug Blocks: 1775101    

Description msiddiqu 2019-11-21 11:47:50 UTC
A memory leak in the rpmsg_eptdev_write_iter() function in drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering copy_from_iter_full() failures
 
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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bbe692e349e2a1edf3fe0a29a0e05899c9c94d51

Comment 1 msiddiqu 2019-11-21 12:17:41 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1775110]