CVE-2019-19065 | Date: (C)2019-11-18 (M)2024-04-19 |
A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering rhashtable_init() failures, aka CID-34b3be18a04e. NOTE: This has been disputed as not a vulnerability because "rhashtable_init() can only fail if it is passed invalid values in the second parameter's struct, but when invoked from sdma_init() that is a pointer to a static const struct, so an attacker could only trigger failure if they could corrupt kernel memory (in which case a small memory leak is not a significant problem).
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
CVSS Score : 4.7 | CVSS Score : 4.7 |
Exploit Score: 1.0 | Exploit Score: 3.4 |
Impact Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: 6.9 |
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CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
Attack Complexity: HIGH | Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: NONE |
Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: NONE |
Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: COMPLETE |
Integrity: NONE | |
Availability: HIGH | |
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