Four memory leaks in the nfp_flower_spawn_phy_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.4 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-8572cea1461a.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8572cea1461a006bce1d06c0c4b0575869125fa4 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8572cea1461a006bce1d06c0c4b0575869125fa4 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 5.9 · linux, opensuseNVD modified 2026-10-08 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8572cea1461a006bce1d06c0c4b0575869125fa4 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8572cea1461a006bce1d06c0c4b0575869125fa4 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ Third Party Advisory