CVE-2019-16994 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.7