CVE-2019-19965 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2019-19965?

CVE-2019-19965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 25 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 through 5.4.6, there is a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c because of mishandling of port disconnection during discovery, related to a PHY down race condition, aka CID-f70267f379b5.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19965?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Netapp 8300 Firmware, Netapp 8700 Firmware, Netapp A400 Firmware and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19965?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-19965 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19965, GHSA-fg2v-2x5h-36qc, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19965.