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CVE-2019-19965

CVE-2019-19965MEDIUM

n/a n/a — In the Linux kernel through 5.4.6, there is a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c because of mishandling of po…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   H   L   N  U  N  N  H    4.7   .0065   50.3     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Dec 25  Reserved by mitre
  Dec 25  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 8   ENRICHED — CVE-2019-19965. Received CVSS 4.7 and CPE data from NVD.
  Oct 8   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2019-19965. Public exploit reference added.

CWE-476 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 11 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.4.6, there is a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c because of mishandling of port disconnection during discovery, related to a PHY down race condition, aka CID-f70267f379b5.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
December 25, 2019	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
December 25, 2019	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 8, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2019-19965. Received CVSS 4.7 and CPE data from NVD.
October 8, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2019-19965. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-476

References (11)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f70267f379b5e5e11bdc5d72a56bf17e5feed01f [Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/ [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2019-19965 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-476

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