mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=003b686ace820ce2d635a83f10f2d7f9c147dabc Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=003b686ace820ce2d635a83f10f2d7f9c147dabc Release Notes, Vendor 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 5.5 · linux, opensuse, netappNVD modified 2026-10-08 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 14
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_availability_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:8300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:8700_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h610s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=003b686ace820ce2d635a83f10f2d7f9c147dabc Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/ Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=003b686ace820ce2d635a83f10f2d7f9c147dabc Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/ Third Party Advisory