Memory Leak Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <4.12.14-197.29.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.41% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELSYMS-3255142
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed17 Dec 2019

Introduced: 17 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-15916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-syms to version 4.12.14-197.29.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-syms package and not the kernel-syms package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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.

CVSS Scores

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