VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-19050

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability5.08%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references