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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ffdde5932042600c6807d46c1550b28b0db6a3bc ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/ ↗
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html ↗
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10 ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/ ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/ ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/ ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/ ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/ ↗