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A memory leak in the nl80211_get_ftm_responder_stats()...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 30, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 18, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Mar 30, 2024

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(27th percentile)

Weaknesses

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2019-19055

GHSA ID

GHSA-qrpx-wvjr-v7ch

Source code

No known source code

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