Bug 1777458 (CVE-2019-18812) - CVE-2019-18812 kernel: memory leak in sof_dfsentry_write() function in sound/soc/sof/debug.c
Summary: CVE-2019-18812 kernel: memory leak in sof_dfsentry_write() function in sound/...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-18812
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1777459
Blocks: 1777496
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Reported: 2019-11-27 15:43 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2020-02-25 15:17 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-02-25 15:17:35 UTC

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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-11-27 15:43:09 UTC 
A memory leak in the sof_dfsentry_write() function in sound/soc/sof/debug.c in the Linux kernel allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c0a333d842ef67ac04adc72ff79dc1ccc3dca4ed
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-11-27 15:43:48 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1777459]
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