CVE-2019-16994
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.7CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.45%• Percentile: 39%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 4.19.28-1 | < 4.19.28-1 | < 4.19.28-1 | < 4.19.28-1
- ubuntu•linux
< 4.15.0-60.67
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.15.0-1047.49
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1059.64~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1056.61 | < 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1041.43 | < 4.15.0-1042.45
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1041.43
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-60.67~16.04.1 | < 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.15.0-1043.43
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1056.65
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1022.25~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1022.25
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.15.0-1044.47
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.15.0-1062.69
- linux•linux_kernel
< 5.0
- opensuse•leap
15.1
- redhat•enterprise_linux
7.0
References (8)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16994
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16994
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16994