CVE-2019-15916

high

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.

References

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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-6820

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-04

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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