DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8980

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2019-8980
Downstream
DLA-1771-1
Published: 21 Feb 2019, 05:29
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Feb 2019, 05:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.19.28-1 | < 4.19.28-1 | < 4.19.28-1 | < 4.19.28-1

References (1)