CVE-2019-18806

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    CVE-2019-18806

    Published: 7 Nov 2019Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A memory leak in the ql_alloc_large_buffers() function in drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering pci_dma_mapping_error() failures, aka CID-1acb8f2a7a9f.

    References: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.5, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1acb8f2a7a9f10543868ddd737e37424d5c36cf4

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