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).
                
            References
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory | 
| https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.9 | Release Notes Vendor Advisory | 
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b3be18a04ecdc610aae4c48e5d1b799d8689f6 | Patch Third Party Advisory | 
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/ | Third Party Advisory | 
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Information
                Published : 2019-11-18 06:15
Updated : 2024-06-04 19:16
NVD link : CVE-2019-19065
Mitre link : CVE-2019-19065
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-19065
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Products Affected
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- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
opensuse
- leap
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-401
                        
            Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
