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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-15917: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-15917: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/04/2019
Created
07/08/2020
Added
07/08/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

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