CVE-2019-15223 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer9 documents7 sources
Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.4
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.1.8
▶debiandebian/linux

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 19.04

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-47hc-xmv3-cfv3: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2019-10-04
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OSV
CVE-2019-15223: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5↗2019-08-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-10-04
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Red Hat
kernel: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/line6/driver.c↗2019-08-02
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Debian
CVE-2019-15223: linux - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointe...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15223 kernel: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/line6/driver.c↗2019-09-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15223 kernel: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/line6/driver.c [fedora-all]↗2019-09-07
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