CVE-2019-16089: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.2.13. nbd_genl_status in drivers/block/nbd.c does not check the nla_nest_start_noflag return value.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 5.2.13

Published 2019-09-06. Last modified 2026-10-08.