Memory Leak Affecting kernel-obs-build package, versions <4.12.14-150.14.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.94% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELOBSBUILD-2755421
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Mar 2019

Introduced: 28 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-8980  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-obs-build to version 4.12.14-150.14.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-obs-build package and not the kernel-obs-build package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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.

CVSS Scores

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