CVE-2019-20096

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.1, there is a memory leak in __feat_register_sp() in net/dccp/feat.c, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-1d3ff0950e2b.

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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156455/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0063-1.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1d3ff0950e2b40dc861b1739029649d03f591820

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-10652

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-12-30

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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