Linux · Linux Kernel · CVE-2019-19065
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Linux kernel versions prior to 5.3.9
**Description**
A memory leak in the `sdma init()` function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering `rhashtable init()` failures. The issue is disputed as not a vulnerability because `rhashtable init()` can only fail if it is passed invalid values in the second parameter's struct, but when invoked from `sdma init()`, it is a pointer to a static const struct, so an attacker could only trigger failure if they could corrupt kernel memory.
**Recommendations**
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.