CVE-2019-15917 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2019-15917?

CVE-2019-15917 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Sep 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 5.0.5. There is a use-after-free issue when hci_uart_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_set_proto() in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15917?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15917?

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-2019-15917 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15917 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15917, GHSA-whjm-35vr-w8jj, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15917.