CVE-2019-15923
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for...
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for a cd data structure if alloc_disk fails in drivers/block/paride/pf.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for a cd data structure if alloc_disk fails in drivers/block/paride/pf.c.
- Record
CVE-2019-15923- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for a cd data structure if alloc_disk fails in drivers/block/paride/pf.c.
- Record
CVE-2019-15923- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6827 No score
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for a cd data structure if alloc_disk fails in drivers/block/paride/pf.c.
- Record
EUVD-2019-6827- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xpmj-9x2f-c5hw
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for...
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for a cd data structure if alloc_disk fails in drivers/block/paride/pf.c.
- Record
GHSA-xpmj-9x2f-c5hw- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-15923
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference for a cd data structure if alloc_disk fails in drivers/block/paride/pf.c.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15923- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-15923 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Linux Kernel, published September 4, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.9
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0d1762554014ce0ae347b9f0d088f2c157c8c72
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15923
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15923
git.kernel.org/linus/f0d1762554014ce0ae347b9f0d088f2c157c8c72
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15923