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
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206651 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4485-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206651 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4485-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2020-05-05 06:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 05:00
NVD link : CVE-2020-12656
Mitre link : CVE-2020-12656
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-12656
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
opensuse
- leap
CWE
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime