VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-18806

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.35%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2019-11-07

Last modified2026-10-08

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A memory leak in the ql_alloc_large_buffers() function in drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering pci_dma_mapping_error() failures, aka CID-1acb8f2a7a9f.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory