UBUNTU-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 consumption) by triggering vfs_read failures.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8980
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3930-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3930-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3931-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3931-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8980
- https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg1935698.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg1935705.html