CVE-2019-16995

high

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.0.3, a memory leak exits in hsr_dev_finalize() in net/hsr/hsr_device.c if hsr_add_port fails to add a port, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-6caabe7f197d.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6caabe7f197d3466d238f70915d65301f1716626

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6caabe7f197d3466d238f70915d65301f1716626

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.3

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00035.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-30

Updated: 2021-07-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H