Allele Security Intelligence - ql_alloc_large

ASA-2019-00644 – Linux kernel: A memory leak in ql_alloc_large_buffers()

Posted on December 4, 2019December 10, 2019 by Allele Security Intelligence in Alerts

A memory leak in the ql_alloc_large_buffers() function in drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering pci_dma_mapping_error() failures.