Name: CVE-2019-12379: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-12379, CWE-401, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00463

An issue was discovered in con_insert_unipair in drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is a memory leak in a certain case of an ENOMEM outcome of kmalloc. NOTE: This id is disputed as not being an issue

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	May 28, 2019
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2	—	Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debug-devel	Dec 4, 2019	May 28, 2019
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	May 28, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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