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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c03b04dcdba1da39903e23cc4d072abf8f68f2dd
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156455/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0063-1.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0109
EPSS Percentile
78.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (20)
broadcom/fabric_operating_system
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.10
fedoraproject/fedora
30
fedoraproject/fedora
31
linux/linux_kernel
5.5 rc1
linux/linux_kernel
4.20 - 5.3.16
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/aff_a400_firmware
netapp/aff_a700s_firmware
... and 10 more
Published
Nov 18, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026