CVE-2019-19048

HIGH

Linux Kernel <5.3.9 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering copy_form_user() failures, aka CID-e0b0cb938864.

References (5)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0120
EPSS Percentile 78.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (3)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.19.82
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026