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SUSE: CVE-2019-19050: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-19050: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/18/2019
Created
02/10/2022
Added
02/04/2022
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default

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