CVE-2019-15921

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-15921
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-09-04 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6. There is a memory leak issue when idr_alloc() fails in genl_register_family() in net/netlink/genetlink.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
September 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2181-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2173-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
genetlink: Fix a memory leak on error path · torvalds/linux@ceabee6 · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6 MISC cdn.kernel.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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