CVE-2019-15222 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2019-15222?

CVE-2019-15222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, 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 5.2.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the sound/usb/helper.c (motu_microbookii) driver.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15222?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Data Availability Services, Netapp H410c Firmware, Netapp Solidfire \& Hci Management Node, Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15222?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-15222 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mp35-57xp-m8fx, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15222.