CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-19062

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2019-11-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-11-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_report_alg() failures, aka CID-ffdde5932042.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 5.3.11) • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 19.10 • debian debian linux 8.0 • fedoraproject fedora 30 • fedoraproject fedora 31 • opensuse leap 15.1 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References