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CVE-2019-15916 (GCVE-0-2019-15916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-04 14:58 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:03
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Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.1. There is a memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c, which will cause denial of service.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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