cve/2019/CVE-2019-19050.md

### [CVE-2019-19050](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19050)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156455/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0063-1.html

#### Github
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