A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c in...
Vulnerability Description
A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering ca8210_get_platform_data() failures, aka CID-6402939ec86e.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.8
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6402939ec86eaf226c8b8ae00ed983936b164908
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
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