CVE-2019-15212 Use after free in n/a
A malicious USB device can trigger a double-free in the rio500 driver, potentially allowing local attackers to execute code or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-15212?
CVE-2019-15212 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a double-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c driver.
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15212?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Data Availability Services, Netapp H410c Firmware and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-15212?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2019-15212 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15212 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15212, GHSA-5h33-63mr-g26v, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15212.