CVE-2019-8980

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html

https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-02-21

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H