CVE-2019-15916

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

04/09/2019

Last modified:

07/11/2023

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.80

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.38 (including)	3.16.70 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.17 (including)	3.18.137 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.19 (including)	4.4.177 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.5 (including)	4.9.163 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.10 (including)	4.14.106 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.15 (including)	4.19.28 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	4.20.15 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.0 (including)	5.0.1 (excluding)

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CVE-2019-15916

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools