CVE-2019-16995 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00035.html https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.3 https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6caabe7f197d3466d238f70915d65301f1716626 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6caabe7f197d3466d238f70915d65301f1716626 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5