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Low severity2.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 14, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-8991

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

Affected products

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  • Red Hat/LVM2
    cpe:2.3:a:redhat:lvm2:2.02.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • LVM2/LVM2description

Patches

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