CVE-2019-19072

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <5.3.11 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-96c5c6e6a5b6.

References (7)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/96c5c6e6a5b6db592acae039fed54b5c8844cd35

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[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/4226-1/

[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 4.4

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 27.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (7)

canonical/ubuntu_linux

fedoraproject/fedora

linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.11

redhat/enterprise_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026