CVE-2019-15917

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileEURUUS
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Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.64% (51st) EPSS
CVSS 6.9 · medium
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

01

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedkernel-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-abi-whitelists-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-alt-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-bootwrapper-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-debug-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-debug-devel-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-devel-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-doc-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-tools-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-tools-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-tools-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-tools-libs-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedkernel-tools-libs-devel-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedperf-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedperf-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedperf-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedpython-perf-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedpython-perf-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Fixedpython-perf-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2854
  • Workaroundkernel-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-abi-whitelists-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-alt-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-bootwrapper-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-debug-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-debug-devel-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-devel-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-doc-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-headers-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-tools-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-tools-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-tools-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-tools-libs-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundkernel-tools-libs-devel-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundperf-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundperf-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundperf-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundpython-perf-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundpython-perf-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

  • Workaroundpython-perf-debuginfo-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    To mitigate this issue, prevent module hci_uart from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10
v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9
v3.17highAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
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weaknesses

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affected products (78)

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advisories (1)

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  • RHSA-2020:2854Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-alt security and bug fix update2020-07-07csaf · redhat_csafUS

    An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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references (65)

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