CVE-2019-10207 Null dereference in kernel

What is CVE-2019-10207?

CVE-2019-10207 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth implementation of UART, all versions kernel 3.x.x before 4.18.0 and kernel 5.x.x. An attacker with local access and write permissions to the Bluetooth hardware could use this flaw to issue a specially crafted ioctl function call and cause the system to crash.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10207?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10207?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-10207 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10207, GHSA-frg3-qcjh-fvr9, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10207.