CVE-2019-15921
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15921
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-15921.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-15921
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-09-04T19:15:12Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6. There is a memory leak issue when idralloc() fails in genlregister_family() in net/netlink/genetlink.c.
- References
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- 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/