CVE-2019-12379

Published: May 28, 2019Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in con_insert_unipair in drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is a memory leak in a certain case of an ENOMEM outcome of kmalloc. NOTE: This id is disputed as not being an issue

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 5.1.5

Related CWEs

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (12)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108478

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/commit/?h=tty-next&id=84ecc2f6eb1cb12e6d44818f94fa49b50f06e6ac

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/commit/?h=tty-testing&id=15b3cd8ef46ad1b100e0d3c7e38774f330726820

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J36BIJTKEPUOZKJNHQBUZA47RQONUKOI/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLGWJKLMTBBB53D5QLS4HOY2EH246WBE/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108478