High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-18810

Description

A memory leak in the komeda_wb_connector_add() function in drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_wb_connector.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering drm_writeback_connector_init() failures, aka CID-a0ecd6fdbf5d.

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Affected products

Linux/Linux kerneldescription
Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy2 versions
<5.3.8+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <5.3.8
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.3,<5.3.8
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.8nvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/nvdThird Party Advisory

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