CVE-2019-19047

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 v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.11	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c7ed6d0183d5ea9bc31bcaeeba4070bd62546471	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

Information

Published : 2019-11-17 22:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 10:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-19047

Mitre link : CVE-2019-19047

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

linux

linux_kernel

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