Bug 1894556 (CVE-2020-25672) - CVE-2020-25672 kernel: memory leak in llcp_sock_connect()
Summary: CVE-2020-25672 kernel: memory leak in llcp_sock_connect()
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2020-25672
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1894557 1911190
Blocks: 1890493 1939825
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Reported: 2020-11-04 13:57 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2021-06-23 14:50 UTC (History)
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A memory leak in the Linux kernel’s NFC LLCP protocol implementation was found in the way a user triggers the llcp_sock_connect() function. This flaw allows a local user to starve the resources, causing a denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2020-11-04 14:13:52 UTC
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Description msiddiqu 2020-11-04 13:57:59 UTC 
A memory leak vulnerability was found in Linux kernel in llcp_sock_connect

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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/01/1
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2020-11-04 13:58:52 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1894557]
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