CVE-2019-16994medium
Description
In the Linux kernel before 5.0, a memory leak exists in sit_init_net() in net/ipv6/sit.c when register_netdev() fails to register sitn->fb_tunnel_dev, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-07f12b26e21a.
References
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2019-09-30
Updated: 2021-07-21
Type: CWE-772
Risk Information
CVSS v2
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
CVSS v3
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