CVE-2019-15921

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <5.0.6 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (3)
linux/linux_kernel < 5.0.6
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
Published Sep 04, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026