Medium 4.7Published Nov 18, 2019

CVE-2019-19054A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by tri…

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:10 AM ET)

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A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering kfifo_alloc() failures, aka CID-a7b2df76b42b.

CVSS: 4.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	through 5.3.11	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 20.04	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	30; 31	NVD
opensuse leap opensuse:leap	15.1	NVD
netapp active_iq_unified_manager netapp:active_iq_unified_manager	all versions	NVD
netapp aff_baseboard_management_controller netapp:aff_baseboard_management_controller	all versions	NVD
netapp cloud_backup netapp:cloud_backup	all versions	NVD
netapp data_availability_services netapp:data_availability_services	all versions	NVD
netapp e-series_santricity_os_controller netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller	11.0; 11.0.0; 11.20; 11.25; 11.30; 11.30.5r3; 11.40; 11.40.3r2; and 10 more ranges	NVD
netapp fas/aff_baseboard_management_controller netapp:fas/aff_baseboard_management_controller	all versions	NVD
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References

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a7b2df76b42bdd026e3106cf2ba97db41345a177	x-refsource-misc
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-fedora
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/	x-refsource-confirm
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu

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