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.
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/8ce39eb5a67aee25d9f05b40b673c95b23502e3e 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/8ce39eb5a67aee25d9f05b40b673c95b23502e3e 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, opensuse, redhatNVD modified 2026-10-08 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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 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/8ce39eb5a67aee25d9f05b40b673c95b23502e3e 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/8ce39eb5a67aee25d9f05b40b673c95b23502e3e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ Third Party Advisory