CVE-2019-19815 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2019-19815?

CVE-2019-19815 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted f2fs filesystem image can cause a NULL pointer dereference in f2fs_recover_fsync_data in fs/f2fs/recovery.c. This is related to F2FS_P_SB in fs/f2fs/f2fs.h.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19815?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19815?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-19815 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19815 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-2019-19815, GHSA-8x8c-w6cj-qp86, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19815.