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CVE-2019-8980

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.

Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.7 < 4.9.163
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.14 < 4.14.106
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.19 < 4.19.28
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.20 < 4.20.15
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.0 < 5.0.1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.1 Updaterc1
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version14.04 SwEditionesm
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version16.04 SwEditionesm
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version18.04 SwEditionlts
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version18.10
OpensuseLeap Version15.0
DebianDebian Linux Version8.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 2.2% 0.839
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 3.9 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 10 6.9
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.