Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-02-18 CWE: CWE-400 Bugzilla: 1679972: CVE-2019-8980 kernel: memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c allows to cause a denial of service 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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-8980 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | Low |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | High |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-alt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Under investigation |