Bug 1777462 (CVE-2019-18813) - CVE-2019-18813 kernel: memory leak in dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c
Summary: CVE-2019-18813 kernel: memory leak in dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/us...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-18813
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: 1777463
Blocks: 1777497
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Reported: 2019-11-27 15:46 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2020-02-25 15:08 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-02-25 15:08:53 UTC
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-11-27 15:46:15 UTC 
A memory leak in the dwc3_pci_probe() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c in the Linux kernel allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering platform_device_add_properties() failures.

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https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bbfceea12a8f145097a27d7c7267af25893c060
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-11-27 15:46:39 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1777463]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2019-12-02 14:40:27 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.3.11 stable kernel updates.
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