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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-19045: kernel: dos in mlx5_fpga_conn_create_cq() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/conn.c

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-19045: kernel: dos in mlx5_fpga_conn_create_cq() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/conn.c

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/18/2019
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

A memory leak in the mlx5_fpga_conn_create_cq() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/conn.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering mlx5_vector2eqn() failures, aka CID-c8c2a057fdc7.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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