CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-8991

2.3 LOW Published 2020-02-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-02-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
2.3 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs. NOTE: RedHat disputes CVE-2020-8991 as not being a vulnerability since there’s no apparent route to either privilege escalation or to denial of service through the bug

Affected configurations

• redhat lvm2 2.02.00

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References