CVE-2019-19079 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a21b7f0cff1906a93a0130b74713b15a0b36481d https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5