Bug 1759684 (CVE-2019-16995) - CVE-2019-16995 kernel: Memory leak in hsr_dev_finalize() in net/hsr/hsr_device.c
Summary: CVE-2019-16995 kernel: Memory leak in hsr_dev_finalize() in net/hsr/hsr_device.c
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-16995
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1759685
Blocks: 1759686
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Reported: 2019-10-08 20:22 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2020-04-29 17:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-29 17:38:01 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2019-10-08 20:22:02 UTC 
In the Linux kernel before 5.0.3, a memory leak exits in hsr_dev_finalize() in net/hsr/hsr_device.c if hsr_add_port fails to add a port, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-6caabe7f197d.

Upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6caabe7f197d3466d238f70915d65301f1716626
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2019-10-08 20:22:23 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1759685]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2019-10-09 14:53:32 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.0.3 stable updates.
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