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CVE-2019-15916

CVSS v3.1 7.5 (High)
75% Progress
CVSS v2.0 7.8 (High)
78% Progress
EPSS 1.41 % (87th)
1.41% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 20
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2019-09-04 15:15:11
(5 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-11-07 03:05:36
(10 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel from 2.6.38 version and prior 3.16.70 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 2.6.38 < 3.16.70
  Linux Kernel from 3.17 version and prior 3.18.137 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.17 < 3.18.137
  Linux Kernel from 3.19 version and prior 4.4.177 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.19 < 4.4.177
  Linux Kernel from 4.5 version and prior 4.9.163 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.5 < 4.9.163
  Linux Kernel from 4.10 version and prior 4.14.106 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.10 < 4.14.106
  Linux Kernel from 4.15 version and prior 4.19.28 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.15 < 4.19.28
  Linux Kernel from 4.20 version and prior 4.20.15 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.20 < 4.20.15
  Linux Kernel from 5.0 version and prior 5.0.1 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 5.0 < 5.0.1