Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: memory leak via af9005_identify_state
November 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Linux.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 08/11/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can create a memory leak via af9005_identify_state()
of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-memory-leak-via-af9005-identify-state-30815