CVE-2019-16995

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 3.18.137 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.0.3, a memory leak exits in hsr_dev_finalize() in net/hsr/hsr_device.c if hsr_add_port fails to add a port, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-6caabe7f197d.

References (6)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00035.html

[Exploit, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.3

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6caabe7f197d3466d238f70915d65301f1716626

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6caabe7f197d3466d238f70915d65301f1716626

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0200

EPSS Percentile 83.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (19)

linux/linux_kernel < 3.18.137

linux/linux_kernel

opensuse/leap

netapp/aff_a700s_firmware

netapp/h300s_firmware

netapp/h500s_firmware

netapp/h700s_firmware

netapp/h300e_firmware

netapp/h500e_firmware

netapp/h700e_firmware

netapp/h410s_firmware

netapp/h410c_firmware

netapp/h610s_firmware

netapp/data_availability_services

... and 4 more

Timeline

Published Sep 30, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026