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CVE-2019-15916
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2019-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-401
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.1. There is a memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c, which will cause denial of service.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: from 2.6.38 before 3.16.70; from 3.17 before 3.18.137; from 3.19 before 4.4.177; from 4.5 before 4.9.163; from 4.10 before 4.14.106; from 4.15 before 4.19.28 — fixed in 3.16.70, 3.18.137, 4.14.106, 4.19.28, 4.20.15, 4.4.177
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 3.16.70, 3.18.137, 4.14.106, 4.19.28. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740
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