CVE-2019-15916

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CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

EPSS

4%p89

Published

Sep 4, 2019 (Sep 4, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-401
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.8%)

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