MEDIUM
An 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.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2
Source: MITRE
Published: 2019-09-04
Updated: 2020-08-24
Type: CWE-401
Base Score: 4.7
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.4
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1
Severity: MEDIUM