#VU17831 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-8980
Published: February 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17831
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8980
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper memory operations in the kernel_read_file function, as defined in the fs/exec.c source code file. A remote attacker can send malicious file that triggers vfs_read failures and memory leak condition and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.