CVE-2019-15921

CVSS V2 Medium 4.7 CVSS V3 Medium 4.7
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-15921
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-09-04T19:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-401 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0.6
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.7
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 4.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6 Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15921
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15921
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:35:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 02:15:17 2019-09-04T19:15Z 2019-09-04T19:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 02:15:17 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 02:15:17 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated