A memory leak in the bfad_im_get_stats() function in drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering bfa_port_get_stats() failures, aka CID-0e62395da2bd.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e62395da2bd5166d7c9e14cbc7503b256a34cb0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e62395da2bd5166d7c9e14cbc7503b256a34cb0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.7 · linux, canonical, debianNVD modified 2026-10-08 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 11
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 26
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e62395da2bd5166d7c9e14cbc7503b256a34cb0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- 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://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4301-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4302-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e62395da2bd5166d7c9e14cbc7503b256a34cb0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- 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://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4301-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4302-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html