CVE-2019-15118
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
check_input_term in sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 mishandles recursion, leading to kernel stack exhaustion.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.1CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.76%• Percentile: 54%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-674•Uncontrolled Recursion
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
Affected Systems
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.04
- debian•linux
< 5.2.17-1 | < 5.2.17-1 | < 5.2.17-1 | < 5.2.17-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-166.195 | < 4.15.0-66.75
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1056.60 | < 4.4.0-1096.107 | < 4.15.0-1052.54
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1052.54~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1061.66~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1061.66 | < 5.0.0-1022.23~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1023.28 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1047.50 | < 5.0.0-1020.20~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1046.49
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.0
< 5.0.0-1020.20~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-66.75~16.04.1 | < 5.0.0-31.33~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1060.67 | < 4.15.0-1048.48
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-166.195~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1059.68
- ubuntu•linux-oem-osp1
< 5.0.0-1024.27
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1027.30~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1027.30
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1124.133 | < 4.15.0-1049.53
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1128.136 | < 4.15.0-1066.73
- debian•debian_linux
8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0
- linux•linux_kernel
≤ 5.2.9
- netapp•active_iq_unified_manager
na
- netapp•data_availability_services
na
- netapp•h410c_firmware
na
- netapp•hci_management_node
na
- netapp•solidfire
na
- netapp•solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware
na
- opensuse•leap
15.0 | 15.1
References (25)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?id=19bce474c45be69a284ecee660aa12d8f1e88f18
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190815043554.16623-1-benquike%40gmail.com/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/41
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4531
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00000.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-2/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15118
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190815043554.16623-1-benquike@gmail.com/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4147-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4162-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4163-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4162-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4163-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15118
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15118