CVE-2019-20095

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.1.6 - Use-After-Free in mwifiex_tm_cmd

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 32.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (14)
linux/linux_kernel < 5.1.6
netapp/8300_firmware
netapp/8700_firmware
netapp/a400_firmware
netapp/a700s_firmware
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/data_availability_services
netapp/e-series_santricity_os_controller 11.0.0 - 11.70.1
netapp/h610s_firmware
... and 4 more
Published Dec 30, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026