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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2019-19078

CVE-2019-19078

Description

A memory leak in the ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering usb_submit_urb() failures, aka CID-b8d17e7d93d2.

Affected products

47

Patches

1
b8d17e7d93d2

ath10k: fix memory leak

https://github.com/torvalds/linuxNavid EmamdoostSep 20, 2019via osv
commit
1 file changed · +1 −0
  • drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c+1 −0 modified
    @@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ static int ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg(struct ath10k *ar, u8 pipe_id,
 			ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_USB_BULK,
 				   "usb bulk transmit failed: %d\n", ret);
 			usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
+			usb_free_urb(urb);
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto err_free_urb_to_pipe;
 		}

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

References

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