CVE-2019-15921

MEDIUM

4.7

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.7

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published9/4/2019

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernelopensuse:leap

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-401

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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