# CVE-2019-15213: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3.

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-08-19 · Updated: 2026-05-28

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3. There is a use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c driver.

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## References

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cf97230cd5f36b7665099083272595c55d72be7
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=a53c9c9dd2981bfdbfbcbc1ddbd35595eda8bced
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html

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