Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2019-15916

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.

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Affected products

Linux/Linux kerneldescription
Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy
Range: <5.0.1
osv-coords96 versions
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< 4.12.14-lp151.28.36.1+ 95 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-lp151.28.36.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-lp151.28.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-5.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-8.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-6.34.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.111.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-150.47.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-8.9.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-14.14.3
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-14.14.3
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-8.22.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 1-6.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-8.7.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1mitrex_refsource_MISC
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/mitrex_refsource_MISC
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM

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