CVE-2019-19073

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <5.3.11 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Memory leaks in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering wait_for_completion_timeout() failures. This affects the htc_config_pipe_credits() function, the htc_setup_complete() function, and the htc_connect_service() function, aka CID-853acf7caf10.

References (10)

Scores

CVSS v3 4.0
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 24.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.11
fedoraproject/fedora
fedoraproject/fedora
opensuse/leap

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026