| Name | CVE-2020-8991 |
| Description | 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 |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| lvm2 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.03.11-2.1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.03.16-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.03.22-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| lvm2 | source | (unstable) | 2.03.01-2 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - lvm2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - lvm2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=lvm2.git;a=commit;h=bcf9556b8fcd16ad8997f80cc92785f295c66701
2.03.00 upstream removed lvmetad (and the still vulnerable code)