CVE-2019-19074

HIGH

Linux Kernel <5.3.11 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the ath9k_wmi_cmd() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-728c1e2a05e4.

References (10)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/728c1e2a05e4b5fc52fab3421dce772a806612a2

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html

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

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

[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 7.5

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 41.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.4.233

debian/debian_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026