CVE-2019-15098 — drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 has a NULL pointer dereference via an incomplete address in an endpoint descriptor.

01What is this vulnerability?

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 has a NULL pointer dereference via an incomplete address in an endpoint descriptor.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-16T01:15:39.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:34:53.238Z

09References

• lore.kernel.org — https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20190804002905.11292-1-benquike%40gmail.c…
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/27/3
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/27/2
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/27/1
• support.f5.com — https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61214359
• support.f5.com — https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61214359?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medi…
• seclists.org — https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackwar…
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4185-1/
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4184-1/
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-2/
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html