ghsa-2xr8-28cv-28vv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:09
Modified
2022-05-13 01:09
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-8980"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-02-21T05:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-2xr8-28cv-28vv",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:09:55Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:09:55Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8980"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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