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In the Linux kernel before 5.0, a memory leak exists in...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 30, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.110%
(45th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-16994

GHSA ID

GHSA-j78w-mvwv-rwcf

Source code

No known source code

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