UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19055
A memory leak in the nl80211_get_ftm_responder_stats() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering nl80211hdr_put() failures, aka CID-1399c59fa929. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this because it occurs on a code path where a successful allocation has already occurred
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
A memory leak in the nl80211_get_ftm_responder_stats() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering nl80211hdr_put() failures, aka CID-1399c59fa929. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this because it occurs on a code path where a successful allocation has already occurred
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1399c59fa92984836db90538cf92397fe7caaa57
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19055
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4225-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4225-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4226-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19055