CVE-2019-15916

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    CVE-2019-15916

    Published: 4 Sept 2019Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab

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