Description
Four memory leaks in the nfp_flower_spawn_phy_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.4 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-8572cea1461a.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8572cea1461a006bce1d06c0c4b0575869125fa4
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0124
EPSS Percentile
79.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.3.4
opensuse/leap
15.1
Published
Nov 18, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026