VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2019-15921
CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-09-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory