Race Condition Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.2.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005942
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 Dec 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19537  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.2.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. 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.

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