CVE-2019-16994

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    CVE-2019-16994

    Published: 30 Sept 2019Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In the Linux kernel before 5.0, a memory leak exists in sit_init_net() in net/ipv6/sit.c when register_netdev() fails to register sitn->fb_tunnel_dev, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-07f12b26e21a.

    References: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d

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