CVE-2019-19062 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 24
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0, Fedora 30, 31
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8GHSA▶
GHSA-c679-6h87-f699: A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base↗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▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2020-02-18