CVE-2019-15921

low-risk
Published 2019-09-04

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.07% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.7/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Linux Opensuse

References (10)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Mailing List https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6
Exploit https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a...
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Mailing List https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6
Exploit https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a...
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
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low-risk
Severity 12/34 · Low
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low