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CVE-2019-8980 (GCVE-0-2019-8980)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-02-21 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 21:31
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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Date Public
2019-02-20 00:00
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