CVE-2019-19062

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel <5.3.11 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (15)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ffdde5932042600c6807d46c1550b28b0db6a3bc

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 26.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (11)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.11

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

fedoraproject/fedora

opensuse/leap

redhat/enterprise_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026