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CVE-2019-8980 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/ CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
>= 4.7, < 4.9.163
>= 4.14, < 4.14.106
>= 4.19, < 4.19.28
>= 4.20, < 4.20.15
>= 5.0, < 5.0.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
14.04
16.04
18.04
18.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap
15.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

15 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-8980
NVD Published Date:
Feb 21, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2019-8980 Details - Not Deferred