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.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8ce39eb5a67aee25d9f05b40b673c95b23502e3e
Source: MITRE
Published: 2019-11-18
Updated: 2020-08-24
Type: CWE-401
Base Score: 7.1
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2
Severity: MEDIUM