DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8991
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991
Upstream
Published
2020-02-14T05:15:13Z
Modified
2026-09-11T11:02:50Z
Severity
  • 2.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / lvm2

Package

Name
lvm2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lvm2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.03.01-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991.json"

Debian:13 / lvm2

Package

Name
lvm2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lvm2?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.03.01-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991.json"

Debian:14 / lvm2

Package

Name
lvm2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lvm2?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.03.01-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991.json"