Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-20095 · published 30 December 2019

CVE-2019-20095: Linux kernel memory leak vulnerability

Linux · Linux Kernel

mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.

5.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.39% · top 68.7% CWE-401 · Memory leak

5.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.9

0.39%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

14Affected product versions listed by NVD

8References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

14 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Linux Kernel Linux N8300 Firmware Netapp N8700 Firmware Netapp NA400 Firmware Netapp NA700s Firmware Netapp NActive Iq Unified Manager Netapp NCloud Backup Netapp NData Availability Services Netapp NE Series Santricity Os Controller Netapp NH610s Firmware Netapp NHci Management Node Netapp NSolidfire Netapp NSteelstore Cloud Integrated Storage Netapp

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References

Link	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=003b686ace820ce2d635a83f10f2d7f9c147dabc	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=003b686ace820ce2d635a83f10f2d7f9c147dabc	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/	Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-20095), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-03). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.