| Name | CVE-2019-8980 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1771-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.11.7-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.11.9-1 | fixed |
| linux-4.9 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.9.303-1~deb8u3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| linux | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.168-1 | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.19.28-1 | | | |
| linux-4.9 | source | jessie | 4.9.168-1~deb8u1 | | DLA-1771-1 | |
Notes
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190219021038.11340-1-yuehaibing@huawei.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190219022512.GW2217@ZenIV.linux.org.uk/