VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-15916

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-09-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Primary references