Bug 1775021 (CVE-2019-19062) - CVE-2019-19062 kernel: memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c allows for DoS
Summary: CVE-2019-19062 kernel: memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-19062
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1775023 1825132 1825133 1825136 1829808 1829809 1829810 1829811 1829812
Blocks: 1775024
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-11-21 11:28 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2021-02-16 21:00 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The crypto_report function mishandles resource cleanup on error. A local attacker able to induce the error conditions could use this flaw to crash the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Last Closed: 2020-07-07 19:27:41 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4416 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:09:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4417 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:08:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4418 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:13:26 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4419 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:11:33 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4420 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:50:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:2854 0 None None None 2020-07-07 13:18:41 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4060 0 None None None 2020-09-29 20:52:04 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4062 0 None None None 2020-09-29 18:58:21 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4431 0 None None None 2020-11-04 00:49:49 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4609 0 None None None 2020-11-04 02:21:37 UTC

Description Marian Rehak 2019-11-21 11:28:15 UTC 
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.

Upstream Issue:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ffdde5932042600c6807d46c1550b28b0db6a3bc
Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2019-11-21 11:28:34 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1775023]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2019-11-21 17:52:18 UTC 
How is this a separate CVE? It seems a duplicate of CVE-2019-19050 rhbz 1774998
Comment 4 Petr Matousek 2020-04-30 12:13:12 UTC 
Statement:

This issue is rated as having Low impact because of the preconditions needed to trigger the error cleanup code path.
Comment 5 Petr Matousek 2020-04-30 12:13:18 UTC 
Mitigation:

In order to mitigate this issue it is possible to prevent the affected code from being loaded by blacklisting the kernel module crypto_user. For instructions relating to how to blacklist a kernel module refer to: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 .
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2020-07-07 13:18:38 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:2854 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-07-07 19:27:41 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-19062
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2020-09-29 18:58:17 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:4062 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4062
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2020-09-29 20:52:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:4060 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4060
Comment 26 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 00:49:45 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:4431 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4431
Comment 27 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 02:21:34 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:4609 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4609
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