CVE-2019-20812
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.4.7. The prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() function in net/packet/af_packet.c can result in a denial of service (CPU consumption and soft lockup) in a certain failure case involving TPACKET_V3, aka CID-b43d1f9f7067.
CVSS Metrics
- 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: 0.44%• Percentile: 38%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 5.4.8-1 | < 5.4.8-1 | < 5.4.8-1 | < 5.4.8-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-173.203 | < 4.15.0-88.88
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1061.65 | < 4.4.0-1101.112 | < 4.15.0-1060.62
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1060.62~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1071.76~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1071.76 | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
< 5.3.0-1013.14~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1028.33 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1055.59 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
< 5.3.0-1012.13~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1052.55
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.0
< 5.0.0-1030.31
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.3
< 5.3.0-1012.13~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-88.88~16.04.1 | < 5.3.0-40.32~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1065.72 | < 4.15.0-1053.53
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-173.203~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1073.83
- ubuntu•linux-oem-osp1
< 5.0.0-1039.44
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1033.36~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1033.36
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1128.137 | < 4.15.0-1055.59 | all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2-5.3
< 5.3.0-1018.20~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1132.140 | < 4.15.0-1072.79
- linux•linux_kernel
< 5.4.7
References (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b43d1f9f7067c6759b1051e8ecb84e82cef569fe
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.7
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20812
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/b43d1f9f7067c6759b1051e8ecb84e82cef569fe
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20812
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20812