CVE-2019-15917
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileEURUUSEPSS · 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.
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7
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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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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.htmlcnnvd
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.5cnnvd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56897b217a1d0a91c9920cb418d6b3fe922f590acnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15917cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlcnnvd
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