CVE-2019-8980

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…

published February 21, 2019

CVSS
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EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05918 · 93.2th percentile
Published
2019-02-21T05:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 FEB 05:00Z
    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…
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