CVE-2019-15214

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-15214  

Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-08-19 CWE: CWE-416 Bugzilla: 1743591: CVE-2019-15214 kernel: use-after-free in sound/core/init.c and sound/core/info.c An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10. There is a use-after-free in the sound subsystem because card disconnection causes certain data structures to be deleted too early. This is related to sound/core/init.c and sound/core/info.c.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10. There is a use-after-free in the sound subsystem because card disconnection causes certain data structures to be deleted too early. This is related to sound/core/init.c and sound/core/info.c.

Find out more about CVE-2019-15214 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 6.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Virtualization 4 kernel Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-alt Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Under investigation
Unless explicitly stated as not affected, all previous versions of packages in any minor update stream of a product listed here should be assumed vulnerable, although may not have been subject to full analysis.