CVE-2019-19043

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <5.3.11 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the i40e_setup_macvlans() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering i40e_setup_channel() failures, aka CID-27d461333459.

References (5)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/27d461333459d282ffa4a2bdb6b215a59d493a8f

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0012

EPSS Percentile 30.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.11

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026