Red Hat OpenShift: 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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(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
02/21/2019
12/30/2020
12/29/2020
05/10/2023
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.
Solution(s)
- linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos
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