{"id":"CVE-2019-19081","title":"A memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-8ce39eb5a67a.","summary":"A memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-8ce39eb5a67a.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-401","CWE-400"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel < 5.3.4","leap = 15.1","enterprise_linux = 7.0","enterprise_linux = 8.0"],"patched":["linux_kernel 5.3.4"],"published":"2019-11-18","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T21:17:18.350","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19081","references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8ce39eb5a67aee25d9f05b40b673c95b23502e3e","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8ce39eb5a67aee25d9f05b40b673c95b23502e3e","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-19081.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19081"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1776375"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19081"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19081"}],"tags":["nvd","csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org"],"epss":0.03262,"epssPercentile":0.88311,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T22:11:53.706Z","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-08T20:56:44.654222Z"},"slug":"CVE-2019-19081","body":"## Overview\n\nA memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-8ce39eb5a67a.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel < 5.3.4`\n- `leap = 15.1`\n- `enterprise_linux = 7.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 8.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 5.3.4`\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · updated 2026-10-08 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-19081.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":33,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":32.5,"likelihood":0.7,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}