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CVE-2019-15223

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 19, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.6
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.6 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15223
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the sound/usb/line6/driver.c driver.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*5.1.8 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatkernel-0:4.18.0-193.el8*
LinuxUbuntudisco*
LinuxUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
LinuxUbuntuprecise/esm*
LinuxUbuntutrusty*
LinuxUbuntutrusty/esm*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-awsUbuntudisco*
Linux-awsUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Linux-awsUbuntutrusty*
Linux-awsUbuntutrusty/esm*
Linux-awsUbuntuupstream*
Linux-aws-hweUbuntuupstream*
Linux-azureUbuntubionic*
Linux-azureUbuntudisco*
Linux-azureUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Linux-azureUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Linux-azureUbuntutrusty*
Linux-azureUbuntutrusty/esm*
Linux-azureUbuntuupstream*
Linux-azure-edgeUbuntubionic*
Linux-azure-edgeUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Linux-azure-edgeUbuntuupstream*
Linux-gcpUbuntudisco*
Linux-gcpUbuntuupstream*
Linux-gcp-edgeUbuntuupstream*
Linux-gke-4.15Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-gke-5.0Ubuntubionic*
Linux-gke-5.0Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-hweUbuntubionic*
Linux-hweUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Linux-hweUbuntuupstream*
Linux-hwe-edgeUbuntuupstream*
Linux-kvmUbuntudisco*
Linux-kvmUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-trustyUbuntuprecise/esm*
Linux-lts-trustyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntutrusty*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntutrusty/esm*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntuupstream*
Linux-oemUbuntuupstream*
Linux-oemUbuntuxenial*
Linux-oracleUbuntuupstream*
Linux-raspi2Ubuntudisco*
Linux-raspi2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-snapdragonUbuntudisco*
Linux-snapdragonUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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