CVE-2019-19537 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2019-19537?

CVE-2019-19537 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.10, there is a race condition bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the USB character device driver layer, aka CID-303911cfc5b9. This affects drivers/usb/core/file.c.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19537?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19537?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-19537 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19537 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19537, GHSA-hp8p-42mw-fvq9, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19537.