Memory Leak in sof_set_get_large_ctrl_data() Function in Linux Kernel (CVE-2020-XXXX)

Memory Leak in sof_set_get_large_ctrl_data() Function in Linux Kernel (CVE-2020-XXXX)

CVE-2019-18811 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A memory leak in the sof_set_get_large_ctrl_data() function in sound/soc/sof/ipc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering sof_get_ctrl_copy_params() failures, aka CID-45c1380358b1.

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