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CVE-2019-15921

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Date: September 4, 2019

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (10)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-15921
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15921
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15921
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15921
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-15921

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-401

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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