SB20190404115 - Fedora 29 update for kernel, kernel-headers, kernel-tools

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SB20190404115 - Fedora 29 update for kernel, kernel-headers, kernel-tools

Published: April 4, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB20190404115
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3882)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists within Linux kernel's vfio interface implementation, related to incorrect permission management. A local user with administrative privileges of the device, connected to vfio-pci interface can exhaust all system resources and perform denial of service attack.


2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9857)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the destroy_super_work() function in fs/super.c, within the fsnotify_sb_delete() function in fs/notify/fsnotify.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References