CVE-2019-15218 (GCVE-0-2019-15218)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-08-19 21:46
Modified
2026-10-08 21:03
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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 drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver.
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html x_refsource_MISC
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8 x_refsource_MISC
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31e0456de5be379b10fea0fa94a681057114a96e x_refsource_MISC
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4a5d7c8c2b6dbedb5b7218c6d7e8666bd2387517 x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
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