CVE-2019-15218

4.6 medium SSVC exploitation: none Modified

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31e0456de5be379b10fea0fa94a681057114a96e Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31e0456de5be379b10fea0fa94a681057114a96e Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

2026-10-15 00:45First seenCVSS 4.6 · linux, netapp, canonicalNVD modified 2026-10-08 21:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 13

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_availability_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:solidfire_baseboard_management_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:sd-wan_edge:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 36

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5 Mailing List
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8 Release Notes
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31e0456de5be379b10fea0fa94a681057114a96e Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4a5d7c8c2b6dbedb5b7218c6d7e8666bd2387517 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5 Mailing List
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8 Release Notes
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31e0456de5be379b10fea0fa94a681057114a96e Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4a5d7c8c2b6dbedb5b7218c6d7e8666bd2387517 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory