{"cve":"CVE-2019-15921","nvd":{"published":"2019-09-04T19:15:12.207","modified":"2026-06-17T02:21:20.157","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html","https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6","https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel","opensuse:leap"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:58:39.700375520+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-15921","score":0.00497,"percentile":0.42646,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}