CVE-2019-15916: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.38, before 3.16.70 (fixed in 3.16.70); from 3.17, before 3.18.137 (fixed in 3.18.137); from 3.19, before 4.4.177 (fixed in 4.4.177); from 4.5, before 4.9.163 (fixed in 4.9.163); from 4.10, before 4.14.106 (fixed in 4.14.106); from 4.15, before 4.19.28 (fixed in 4.19.28); …

Published 2019-09-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.