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CVE-2019-8980
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-02-21T05:29:01.197 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:42:51.697

Summary

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

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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