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CVE-2019-15921

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.

Published

2019-09-04T19:15:12.207

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:29:44.180

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-401

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 5.0.6	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)