UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18810
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
Downstream
Published: 07 Nov 2019, 16:15
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:51
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100 CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
07 Nov 2019, 16:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:51
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
A memory leak in the komeda_wb_connector_add() function in drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_wb_connector.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering drm_writeback_connector_init() failures, aka CID-a0ecd6fdbf5d.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
< 5.3.0-1008.9~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
< 5.3.0-1009.10~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop
all
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
References (6)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18810
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/a0ecd6fdbf5d648123a7315c695fb6850d702835
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.8
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0ecd6fdbf5d648123a7315c695fb6850d702835
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4208-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18810