# CVE-2019-19055: A memory leak in the nl80211\_get\_ftm\_responder\_stats() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attacker

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A memory leak in the nl80211_get_ftm_responder_stats() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering nl80211hdr_put() failures, aka CID-1399c59fa929. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this because it occurs on a code path where a successful allocation has already occurred

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## References

- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1399c59fa92984836db90538cf92397fe7caaa57
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157319
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/

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