{"id":"CVE-2019-15916","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-15916","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:56:35.102Z","title":"There is a memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c, which will cause denial of service.","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.","published":"2019-09-04T15:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:21:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-401"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.03857,"percentile":0.90104,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K57418558?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15916","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}