CVE-2019-15916

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Sep 4, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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