CVE-2019-15916

Published on: 09/04/2019 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 01/17/2023 09:34:00 PM UTC

CVE-2019-15916

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

Certain versions of Linux Kernel from Linux contain the following vulnerability:

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.

CVE-2019-15916 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.

CVSS3 Score: 7.5 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
NETWORK	LOW	NONE	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	NONE	NONE	HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 7.8 - HIGH

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
NONE	NONE	COMPLETE

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
September 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products \| NetApp Product Security	security.netapp.com text/html	CONFIRM security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
Red Hat Customer Portal	access.redhat.com text/html	REDHAT RHSA-2019:3517
Red Hat Customer Portal	access.redhat.com text/html	REDHAT RHSA-2020:0740
	Release Notes Vendor Advisory cdn.kernel.org text/plain	MISC cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2675-1: important: Security update	lists.opensuse.org text/html	SUSE openSUSE-SU-2019:2675
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree	Patch Vendor Advisory git.kernel.org text/html	MISC git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab
No Description Provided	support.f5.com text/html	CONFIRM support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
Red Hat Customer Portal	access.redhat.com text/html	REDHAT RHSA-2019:3309

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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Operating System	Linux	Linux Kernel	All	All	All	All
Operating System	Linux	Linux Kernel	All	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE