When was CVE-2019-15916 disclosed?

CVE-2019-15916 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 4, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-15916?

CVE-2019-15916 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2019-15916?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-15916, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2019-15916

HIGHCVSS 7.5

7.5

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.

CVSS v3: 7.5
EG Score: —
EPSS: —
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740
cve@mitrehttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1
cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab
cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
cve@mitrehttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/

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