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Red Hat: CVE-2019-15221: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/line6/pcm.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-15221: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/line6/pcm.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/19/2019
Created
04/07/2020
Added
04/06/2020
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.17. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the sound/usb/line6/pcm.c driver.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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