CVE-2020-8991

lvm2: memory leak in vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 5, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

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

Statement

The lvm2 package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is not affected as it doesn't contains the affected component (lvmetad).

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 2.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime