GHSA-r72c-cvxr-7838

GHSA-r72c-cvxr-7838 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

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.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

8.699999809265137

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

May 24, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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