Description
A memory leak in the bfad_im_get_stats() function in drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering bfa_port_get_stats() failures, aka CID-0e62395da2bd.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4301-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4302-1/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e62395da2bd5166d7c9e14cbc7503b256a34cb0
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
24.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (11)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.10
debian/debian_linux
8.0
fedoraproject/fedora
30
fedoraproject/fedora
31
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.3.11
opensuse/leap
15.1
redhat/enterprise_linux
7.0
... and 1 more
Published
Nov 18, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026