CVE-2019-18812 — A memory leak in the sof_dfsentry_write() function in sound/soc/sof/debug

A memory leak in the sof_dfsentry_write() function in sound/soc/sof/debug.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-c0a333d842ef.

01What is this vulnerability?

A memory leak in the sof_dfsentry_write() function in sound/soc/sof/debug.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-c0a333d842ef.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-11-07T15:29:08.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T02:02:39.766Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c0a333d842ef67ac04adc72ff79dc1ccc3dca4e…
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…