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2019-11-07
A memory leak in the komeda_wb_connector_add() function in drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_wb_connector.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering drm_writeback_connector_init() failures, aka CID-a0ecd6fdbf5d.
| Products | Ubuntu_linux, Linux_kernel |
| Type | Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference (CWE-401) |
| First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
| Patches | https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0ecd6fdbf5d648123a7315c695fb6850d702835 |
| Links |
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.8
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ • https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/ |