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CVE-2019-15922

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for a pf data structure if alloc_disk fails in drivers/block/paride/pf.c.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.0.9 — fixed in 5.0.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.0.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.9
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/58ccd2d31e502c37e108b285bf3d343eb00c235b
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.9
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/58ccd2d31e502c37e108b285bf3d343eb00c235b
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/

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