PT-2019-6460 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
Publicado
2019-05-23
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Atualizado
2026-03-14
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CVE-2019-12379
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Média
| Vetor | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions through 5.1.5
Description
The issue is related to the con insert unipair function in the drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c component of the Linux kernel, which is associated with incorrect memory deallocation before removing the last reference. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. There is a memory leak in a certain case of an ENOMEM outcome of kmalloc.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions through 5.1.5, consider updating to a version that includes a fix for the memory leak issue in the con insert unipair function.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Memory Leak
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Produtos afetados
Alt Linux
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