CVE-2019-8980 (GCVE-0-2019-8980)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-02-21 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 21:31
VLAI
Summary
A memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel through 4.20.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering vfs_read failures.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.… x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2019-02-20 00:00
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