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
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:19:20.034Z

Reserved: 2020-02-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-8991

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:19:20.034Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-14T05:15:13.573

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:39:47.570

Link: CVE-2020-8991

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-02-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-8991 - Bugzilla

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