CVE-2019-19065Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Kernel

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8OSV8.8OSV6.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering rhashtable_init() failures, aka CID-34b3be18a04e. NOTE: This has been disputed as not a vulnerability because "rhashtable_init() can only fail if it is passed invalid values in the second parameter's struct, but when invoked from sdma_init() that is a pointer to a static const struct, so an attacker could

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.3.9
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.3.9-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.15.0-72.81
debiandebian/linux< linux 5.3.9-1 (bookworm)
NVDopensuse/leap15.1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-hxgv-f94v-h963: A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma2022-05-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.0, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-kvm, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.0, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities2020-01-07
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2019-12-03
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities2019-12-02
OSV
CVE-2019-19065: A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma2019-11-18

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-01-07
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2019-12-03
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2019-12-02
Red Hat
kernel: A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c allows for a DoS2019-11-21
Debian
CVE-2019-19065: linux - A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c i...2019

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19065 kernel: A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c allows for a DoS2019-11-21
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19065 kernel: A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c allows for a DoS [fedora-all]2019-11-21