Memory Leak Vulnerability in alloc_sgtable() Function in Linux Kernel

Memory Leak Vulnerability in alloc_sgtable() Function in Linux Kernel

CVE-2019-19058 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A memory leak in the alloc_sgtable() function in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering alloc_page() failures, aka CID-b4b814fec1a5.

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