CVE-2019-19071: canonical ubuntu_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-19071 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 4% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 18-11-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A memory leak in the rsi_send_beacon() function in drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering rsi_prepare_beacon() failures, aka CID-d563131ef23c.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.84%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.84% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu32 products
- linux< 4.15.0-88.88
- linux-aws< 4.15.0-1060.62
- linux-aws-5.0< 5.0.0-1024.27~18.04.1
- linux-aws-fips< 4.15.0-2018.18 | All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-hwe< 4.15.0-1060.62~16.04.1
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.10
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.4.6-1
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≥ 4.14, < 4.14.159 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.89 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.3.16 | ≥ 5.4.0, < 5.4.3
4 vendors · 35 products
References
15 links- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d563131ef23cbc756026f839a82598c8445bc45fX Refsource MISCREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
