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CVE-2019-8980

CVE-2019-8980

EPSS 5.8%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.htmlhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.htmlhttps://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120