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CVE-2019-19537

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.10, there is a race condition bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the USB character device driver layer, aka CID-303911cfc5b9. This affects drivers/usb/core/file.c.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.2.10 — fixed in 5.2.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.2.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/03/4
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.10
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=303911cfc5b95d33687d9046133ff184cf5043ff
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/03/4
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.10
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=303911cfc5b95d33687d9046133ff184cf5043ff
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html

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