CVE-2019-5673 Denial of service in Jetson TX2
An improper fault check in the ARM SMMU kernel driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service on NVIDIA Jetson TX2 devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5673?
CVE-2019-5673 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson TX2, published on 11 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Jetson TX2 contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver (on all versions prior to R28.3) where the ARM System Memory Management Unit (SMMU) improperly checks for a fault condition, causing transactions to be discarded, which may lead to denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5673?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Jetson Tx2.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5673?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5673 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-5673 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5673 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Jetson TX2
Sources
Also known as GHSA-83gh-hw7r-p5wc.