medium4.7
CVE-2019-15921
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 5.0.6 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Versions 15.0, 15.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/