PT-2020-20414 · Linux · Lvm2

Published 2020-02-14 · Updated 2024-08-04 · CVE-2020-8991

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

2.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LVM2 version 2.02

Description The issue is related to memory mismanagement in the vg lookup function in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c, leading to a memory leak in lvmetad. This can be demonstrated by running the pvs command.

Recommendations For LVM2 version 2.02, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-8991

Affected Products

Lvm2

References · 7

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8991 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/88939 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/76359 · Telegram Post
• https://sourceware.org/git/?p=lvm2.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcf9556b8fcd16ad8997f80cc92785f295c66701 · Note