CVE-2019-15921

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <5.0.6 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

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.

References (5)

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (3)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.0.6
opensuse/leap
opensuse/leap

Timeline

Published Sep 04, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026