Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions <0:4.18.0-147.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-3602853
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 4 Sep 2019
Introduced: 4 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-15916 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs to version 0:4.18.0-147.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:3517.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15916
- 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
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
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