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CVE-2019-15916

Published: Sep 4, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-401
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.8%
Top 11.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.1. There is a memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c, which will cause denial of service.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-401

Affected Products

n/an/a
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise DesktopNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation ExtensionNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise ServerNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
and 10 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab
git.kernel.org
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1
cdn.kernel.org
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
security.netapp.com
and 26 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 4, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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