Medium severity · published Aug 19, 2019
CVE-2019-15223
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8
4.6
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 5.1.8 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DA
Data Availability Services · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SH
Solidfire & Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SB
Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
18.04; 19.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15223
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15223
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2
Release Notes
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0b074ab7fc0d575247b9cc9f93bb7e007ca38840
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
Exploit
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=0c1e517c657d3de2361cb0cc2d3a8663c25039a7
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/
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