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.

Link	Resource
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html	Exploit Mailing List
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html	Exploit Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2019-02-21 05:29

Updated : 2021-06-02 03:32

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NVD link : CVE-2019-8980

Mitre link : CVE-2019-8980

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CWE-401