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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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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

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/21/2019
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
12/29/2020

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

References

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