CVE-2019-19051

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel <5.3.11 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the i2400m_op_rfkill_sw_toggle() function in drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/op-rfkill.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-6f3ef5c25cc7.

References (12)

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.11

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6f3ef5c25cc762687a7341c18cbea5af54461407

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html

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

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4302-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 12.8%

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 (7)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.11

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

opensuse/leap

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026