Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2019-18806
CVE-2019-18806
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.
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Affected products
2- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
- Range: <5.3.5
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References
2- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.5mitrex_refsource_MISC
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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