CVE-2019-19050 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Kernel
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in crypto/crypto_user_stat.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_reportstat_alg() failures, aka CID-c03b04dcdba1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 19.10, Fedora 30, 31
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
5GHSA▶
GHSA-r72c-cvxr-7838: A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in crypto/crypto_user_stat↗2022-05-24
OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities↗2020-02-19
OSV▶
CVE-2019-19050: A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in crypto/crypto_user_stat↗2019-11-18
CVEList▶
CVE-2019-19050: A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in crypto/crypto_user_stat↗2019-11-18
📋Vendor Advisories
4Debian▶
CVE-2019-19050: linux - A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in crypto/crypto_user_stat.c i...↗2019