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2020-05-09
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6. svm_cpu_uninit in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c has a memory leak, aka CID-d80b64ff297e. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it's a one-time leak at the boot, the size is negligible, and it can't be triggered at will
Products | Ubuntu_linux, Debian_linux, Linux_kernel |
Type | Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference (CWE-401) |
First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
Patches | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d80b64ff297e40c2b6f7d7abc1b3eba70d22a068 |
Links |
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4413-1/ • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171736#c3 • https://usn.ubuntu.com/4411-1/ • https://usn.ubuntu.com/4412-1/ |