CVE-2019-18806

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.3.5 - Denial of Service via Memory Leak in qla3xxx Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A memory leak in the ql_alloc_large_buffers() function in drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering pci_dma_mapping_error() failures, aka CID-1acb8f2a7a9f.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.5

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 26.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.5
Published Nov 07, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026