CVE-2019-19079

HIGH

Linux Kernel <5.3 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the qrtr_tun_write_iter() function in net/qrtr/tun.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-a21b7f0cff19.

References (4)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0127
EPSS Percentile 79.3%
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 (2)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.19.89
canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026