high7.5
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 consumpti…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 4.7 before 4.9.163 from 4.14 before 4.14.106 from 4.19 before 4.19.28 from 4.20 before 4.20.15 from 5.0 before 5.0.1 Version 5.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Version 15.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html