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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.16 | 4.19.82 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.20 | 5.3.9 |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | 18.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 19.10 | 19.10.x |