linux is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe()
function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
can be triggered through kfifo_alloc()
failures.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a7b2df76b42bdd026e3106cf2ba97db41345a177
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/