CVE-2019-19078

HIGH

Linux Kernel <5.3.11 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering usb_submit_urb() failures, aka CID-b8d17e7d93d2.

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/b8d17e7d93d2beb89e4f34c59996376b8b544792

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

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

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/

[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/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0395

EPSS Percentile 88.2%

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 < 4.14.165

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026