CVE-2019-19047Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Kernel

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory leak in the mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_dump() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering mlx5_crdump_collect() failures, aka CID-c7ed6d0183d5.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.3.11
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.3.15-1+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 5.3.15-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 19.10

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-47v6-rvvx-7qrp: A memory leak in the mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_dump() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health2022-05-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities2020-01-07
OSV
CVE-2019-19047: A memory leak in the mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_dump() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health2019-11-18

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-01-07
Red Hat
kernel: dos in mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_dump() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c2019-11-18
Debian
CVE-2019-19047: linux - A memory leak in the mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_dump() function in drivers/net/ether...2019

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19047 kernel: dos in mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_dump() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c [fedora-all]2019-11-21
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19047 kernel: dos in mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_dump() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c2019-11-21