Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-12379

Description

An 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

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Affected products

Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.1.5
- (no CPE)range: <=5.1.5
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References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/commit/nvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/108478nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/commit/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J36BIJTKEPUOZKJNHQBUZA47RQONUKOI/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLGWJKLMTBBB53D5QLS4HOY2EH246WBE/nvd
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/nvd

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