CVE-2019-15923 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2019-15923?

CVE-2019-15923 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, 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 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for a cd data structure if alloc_disk fails in drivers/block/paride/pf.c.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15923?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15923?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15923 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-15923 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15923 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xpmj-9x2f-c5hw.