CVE-2019-19078
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 18, 2019 at 05:24 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:26 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelUbuntu Linux
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
A memory leak in the ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering usb_submit_urb() failures, aka CID-b8d17e7d93d2.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%4.14 ≤ v < 4.14.1654.15 ≤ v < 4.19.964.20 ≤ v < 5.4.12
Affected range stops below 4.14.165, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.19.96, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.4.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b8d17e7d93d2beb89e4f34c59996376b8b544792
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b8d17e7d93d2beb89e4f34c59996376b8b544792Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401
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