A memory leak in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Mar 21, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 18, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Last updated
Mar 21, 2024
A memory leak in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering ida_simple_get() failure, aka CID-4aa7afb0ee20.
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