Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-19055
CVE-2019-19055
Description
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
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1399c59fa92984836db90538cf92397fe7caaa57nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/nvd
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