CVE-2020-8991 (GCVE-0-2020-8991)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-14 04:27 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:19 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs. NOTE: RedHat disputes CVE-2020-8991 as not being a vulnerability since there’s no apparent route to either privilege escalation or to denial of service through the bug
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-29 19:46 UTC
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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