CVE-2019-19075

HIGH

Linux Kernel <5.3.8 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering ca8210_get_platform_data() failures, aka CID-6402939ec86e.

References (7)

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/

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

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.8

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6402939ec86eaf226c8b8ae00ed983936b164908

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

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

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0119

EPSS Percentile 78.6%

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 < 4.14.151

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026