Memory Leak Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.106-97.85.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-1669407
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 21 Feb 2019
Introduced: 21 Feb 2019
CVE-2019-8980 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.106-97.85.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1179.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-devel package and not the kernel-tools-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8980
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
- https://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.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html