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Tracker / CVE-2019-3819

CVE-2019-3819

Medium 4.4

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the function hid_debug_events_read() in drivers/hid/hid-debug.c file which may enter an infinite loop with certain parameters passed from a userspace. A local privileged user ("root") can cause a system lock up and a denial of service. Versions from v4.18 and newer are vulnerable.

Affected products and versions

canonical ubuntu_linux
debian debian_linux
linux linux_kernel · 4.18 → …
opensuse leap

Analysis

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