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CVE-2019-19043

A memory leak in the i40e_setup_macvlans() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause…

Impact

A memory leak in the i40e_setup_macvlans() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering i40e_setup_channel() failures, aka CID-27d461333459.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 5.3.11
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 18.04, 19.10
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 30, 31

Weakness classification

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