{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2019-09-04T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: memory leak in genl_register_family() in net/netlink/genetlink.c",
    "id" : "1760958",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1760958"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "4.7",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-401",
  "details" : [ "An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6. There is a memory leak issue when idr_alloc() fails in genl_register_family() in net/netlink/genetlink.c.", "A flaw was found in the genl_register_family function in the Linux kernel. An attacker able to induce the error conditions could use this flaw to crash the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability." ],
  "statement" : "This issue is rated as having Low impact because of the preconditions needed to trigger the error/resource cleanup code path (system-wide out-of-memory condition, high privileges or physical access). The generic netlink is a way for kernel modues to easily communicate with userspace using netlink. genl_register_family is thus called by kernel modules (code) only and it's hard for an attacker to invoke (module reloads?) it let alone fail on the right place.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2019-11-05T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2019:3309",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-147.rt24.93.el8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2019-11-05T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2019:3517",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-147.el8"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel-alt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15921\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15921" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2019-15921",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}