A memory leak in the mlx5_fpga_conn_create_cq() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/conn.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering mlx5_vector2eqn() failures, aka CID-c8c2a057fdc7.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.11
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c8c2a057fdc7de1cd16f4baa51425b932a42eb39
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
Source: MITRE
Published: 2019-11-18
Updated: 2020-08-24
Type: CWE-401
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 0.8
Severity: MEDIUM