7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2019-15916

Published: 04/09/2019 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 695
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

An issue exists in the Linux kernel prior to 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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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 76 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerabili ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 77 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerabili ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (C ...
Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-09-04 CWE: CWE-400 Bugzilla: 1750813: CVE-2019-15916 kernel: memory ...