Bug 1679972 (CVE-2019-8980)
| Summary: | CVE-2019-8980 kernel: memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c allows to cause a denial of service | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | msiddiqu |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | esandeen, mmilgram, msiddiqu, vdronov |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value | |
| Doc Text: |
A kernel memory leak was found in the kernel_read_file() function in the fs/exec.c file in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a memory leak and thus a denial of service (DoS).
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2020-04-28 16:32:29 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 1679974, 1683730, 1683731, 1683732 | ||
| Bug Blocks: | 1679993 | ||
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Description
msiddiqu
2019-02-22 11:49:20 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1679974] This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2020:1567 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1567 This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2020:1769 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1769 This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-8980 |