CVE-2019-16994

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.0 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.0, a memory leak exists in sit_init_net() in net/ipv6/sit.c when register_netdev() fails to register sitn->fb_tunnel_dev, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-07f12b26e21a.

References (4)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 22.6%

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

opensuse/leap

redhat/enterprise_linux

Timeline

Published Sep 30, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026