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A memory leak in the nfp_abm_u32_knode_replace() function...

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 nfp_abm_u32_knode_replace() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/abm/cls.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-78beef629fd9.

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

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(85th 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-2019-19076

GHSA ID

GHSA-wf7v-v54q-4q9x

Source code

No known source code

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