Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2019-19048
CVE-2019-19048
Description
A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering copy_form_user() failures, aka CID-e0b0cb938864.
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Affected products
2- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
- Range: <5.3.9
Patches
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References
5- usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.9mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0b0cb9388642c104838fac100a4af32745621e2mitrex_refsource_MISC
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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