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CVE-2019-8980

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CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
EPSS
6%p93
Published
()
Modified
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.

Vendors
linuxcanonicalopensusedebian
Products
linux kernel, ubuntu linux, leap, debian linux
Weakness
CWE-401
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (5.8%)

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