CVE-2019-19077 Information

Description

A memory leak in the bnxt_re_create_srq() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering copy to udata failures aka CID-4a9d46a9fe14.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a9d46a9fe14401f21df69cea97c62396d5fb053 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5