CVE-2018-19854

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.3. crypto_report_one() and related functions in crypto/crypto_user.c (the crypto user configuration API) do not fully initialize structures that are copied to userspace, potentially leaking sensitive memory to user programs. NOTE: this is a CVE-2013-2547 regression but with easier exploitability because the attacker does not need a capability (however, the system must have the CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER kconfig option).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19854

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19854.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.18.20-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.18.20-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.18.20-1
debian debiansidfixed4.18.20-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.18.20-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.