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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T10:19:20.034Z
Reserved: 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-8991
Updated: 2024-08-04T10:19:20.034Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-02-14T05:15:13.573
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:39:47.570
Link: CVE-2020-8991
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