CVE-2019-12379

NameCVE-2019-12379
DescriptionAn 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
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)buster4.19.249-2vulnerable (unimportant)
buster (security)4.19.304-1vulnerable (unimportant)
bullseye5.10.209-2vulnerable (unimportant)
bullseye (security)5.10.205-2vulnerable (unimportant)
bookworm6.1.76-1vulnerable (unimportant)
bookworm (security)6.1.69-1vulnerable (unimportant)
trixie6.6.15-2vulnerable (unimportant)
sid6.7.9-2vulnerable (unimportant)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

No real security issue and fix introduces real security issue, see kernel-sec

Search for package or bug name: Reporting problems