CVE-2019-19065
kernel: A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c allows for a DoS
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
Review impact separately from score.
Published · November 21, 2019
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The Intel OPA Gen1 driver mishandles resource cleanup. An attacker able to induce low memory condition on the system could use this flaw to crash the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Statement
This issue is rated as having Low impact because of the preconditions needed to trigger the resource cleanup code path (system-wide out-of-memory condition).
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
In order to mitigate this issue it is possible to prevent the affected code from being loaded by blacklisting the kernel module hfi1. For instructions relating to how to blacklist a kernel module refer to: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 .
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption