CVE-2019-18810

HIGH

Linux Kernel <5.3.8 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the komeda_wb_connector_add() function in drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_wb_connector.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering drm_writeback_connector_init() failures, aka CID-a0ecd6fdbf5d.

References (4)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0127
EPSS Percentile 79.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (3)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.8
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 07, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026