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CVE-2019-19066 json

A memory leak in the bfad_im_get_stats() function in drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to ca…

published 6y ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2019-8705

cvss
4.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A memory leak in the bfad_im_get_stats() function in drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering bfa_port_get_stats() failures, aka CID-0e62395da2bd.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.4.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19066

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-174.204
  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-91.92
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1102.113
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1063.67
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1058.62
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1033.34
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-91.92~16.04.1
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.3.0-42.34~18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19066

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 4.4.121-92.129.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 4.4.121-92.129.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 4.4.121-92.129.1
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_34 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 7 1-3.3.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, SLES 12 SP3-BCL +4 more 4.4.180-94.116.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, SLES 12 SP3-BCL +4 more 4.4.180-94.116.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, SLES 12 SP3-BCL +5 more 4.4.180-94.116.1
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_31 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 +3 more 1-4.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1255-1SUSE-SU-2020:1275-1SUSE-SU-2020:14354-1SUSE-SU-2020:0613-1SUSE-SU-2020:0599-1SUSE-SU-2020:0584-1

  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-vanilla openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-obs-build openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0336-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-19066 updated cvss 4.7

kernel: A memory leak in the bfad_im_get_stats() function in drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c allows for a DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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References

Sources

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