CVE-2019-15218

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    CVE-2019-15218

    Published: 19 Aug 2019Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31e0456de5be379b10fea0fa94a681057114a96e, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5, https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4a5d7c8c2b6dbedb5b7218c6d7e8666bd2387517

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    User Interaction
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