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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.

Published

2019-02-21T05:29:01.197

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:50:44.963

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-401

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.9.163	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.14.106	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.19.28	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.20.15	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 5.0.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	5.1	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.10	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html ([email protected])
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)