Description
A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering kfifo_alloc() failures, aka CID-a7b2df76b42b.
Published: 2019-11-18
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-8693 A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering kfifo_alloc() failures, aka CID-a7b2df76b42b.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4525-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4526-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4527-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:03:18.169Z

Reserved: 2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-19054

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:09:39.134Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-18T06:15:11.967

Modified: 2026-10-08T21:17:17.700

Link: CVE-2019-19054

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-19054 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-401

    Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime