CVE-2019-15212

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.1.8 - Double Free

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a double-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c driver.

References (13)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] 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=3864d33943b4a76c6e64616280e98d2410b1190f

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=64aa96c96f594a77eb8d945df21ec76dd35573b3

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6

EPSS 0.0011

EPSS Percentile 28.7%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-415

Status published

Affected Products (12)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.1.8

netapp/h410c_firmware

netapp/active_iq_unified_manager

netapp/data_availability_services

netapp/solidfire_\&_hci_management_node

netapp/solidfire_baseboard_management_controller

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

opensuse/leap

Timeline

Published Aug 19, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026