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/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c driver.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a5729f68d3a82786aea110b1bfe610be318f80a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a5729f68d3a82786aea110b1bfe610be318f80a Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.6 · linux, netapp, canonicalNVD modified 2026-10-08 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 12
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:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 28
- 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=9a5729f68d3a82786aea110b1bfe610be318f80a 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=aaf6794922521df1c35c81e32cb2d0bb6a351e7b Exploit, 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=9a5729f68d3a82786aea110b1bfe610be318f80a 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=aaf6794922521df1c35c81e32cb2d0bb6a351e7b Exploit, Third Party Advisory