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CVE-2019-15917

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Date: September 4, 2019

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.5. There is a use-after-free issue when hci_uart_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_set_proto() in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.0

Related Resources (14)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10

Url: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.5

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56897b217a1d0a91c9920cb418d6b3fe922f590a

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15917

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15917

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15917

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-15917

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-15917

Severity Score

7.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v5.1-rc1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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