CVE-2019-15917 — An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.5. There is a use-after-free issue when hci_uart_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_set_proto() in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.5. There is a use-after-free issue when hci_uart_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_set_proto() in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c.

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

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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: 2019-09-04T18:09:20.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:03:32.655Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56897b217a1d0a91c9920cb418d6b3fe922f590…
• cdn.kernel.org — https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.5
• 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
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
• seclists.org — https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackwar…
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html