CVE-2019-12379
kernel: memory leak in con_insert_unipair in drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · May 24, 2019
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's con_insert_unipair function in drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c. An attacker, with local physical access to the system and local virtual terminal level access, is able to leak memory in certain cases of ENOMEM outcomes of kmalloc.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime