CVE-2019-19080

Description

Four memory leaks in the nfp_flower_spawn_phy_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.4 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-8572cea1461a.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.24% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4 release notes vendor advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8572cea1461a006bce1d06c0c4b0575869125fa4 third party advisory patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-19080?
CVE-2019-19080 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-19080?
To fix CVE-2019-19080, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-19080 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-19080 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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