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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-15916: kernel: memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c leads to denial of service

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 4, 2019
Added
Dec 29, 2020
Modified
Mar 30, 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.

Solution

linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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