CVE-2019-15218 Information

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 drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31e0456de5be379b10fea0fa94a681057114a96e https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4a5d7c8c2b6dbedb5b7218c6d7e8666bd2387517 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.6