CVE-2019-19081 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Kernel

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Linux KernelDebian LinuxOpensuse Leap+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-8ce39eb5a67a.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.3.4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.3.7-1+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.3.7-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-22mj-xmh9-hw2p: A memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-19081: A memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main↗2019-11-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c leads to DoS↗2019-09-25
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Debian
CVE-2019-19081: linux - A memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ether...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19081 kernel: memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c leads to DoS↗2019-11-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19081 kernel: memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c leads to DoS [fedora-all]↗2019-11-25
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