VulnerabilityModified
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()…
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.53%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.11Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c7ed6d0183d5ea9bc31bcaeeba4070bd62546471Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.11Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c7ed6d0183d5ea9bc31bcaeeba4070bd62546471Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.