A memory leak in the adis_update_scan_mode() function in drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers…

Description

A memory leak in the adis_update_scan_mode() function in drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-ab612b1daf41.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-401 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-401 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab612b1daf415b62c58e130cb3d0f30b255a14d0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• USN-4208-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-4210-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2019:2675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-4226-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-4364-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 02:09 UTC.