High severity · published Nov 18, 2019
CVE-2019-19050
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…
7.5
CVSS
5.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.1% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.20 before 5.3.16; 5.4 before 5.4.3; 5.5 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AA
Aff A400 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AA
Aff A700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DA
Data Availability Services · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
ES
E-series Santricity OS Controller · Netapp
11.0.0 through 11.60.3 · source: NVD
FO
Fabric Operating System · Broadcom
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
FF
Fas8300 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
FF
Fas8700 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
30; 31 · source: NVD
HF
H610s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19050
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19050
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156455/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0063-1.html
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c03b04dcdba1da39903e23cc4d072abf8f68f2dd
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
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