CVE-2020-12656 -- linux-imageID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:2003660 | Date: (C)2020-09-25 (M)2024-06-10 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
** DISPUTED ** gss_mech_free in net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c in the rpcsec_gss_krb5 implementation in the Linux kernel through 5.6.10 lacks certain domain_release calls, leading to a memory leak. Note: This was disputed with the assertion that the issue does not grant any access not already available. It is a problem that on unloading a specific kernel module some memory is leaked, but loading kernel modules is a privileged operation. A user could also write a kernel module to consume any amount of memory they like and load that replicating the effect of this bug.
Platform: |
Debian 10.x |
Debian 9.x |
Product: |
linux-image-4.9 |
linux-image-4.19 |