CVE-2019-19525
kernel: malicious USB device leads to use-after-free in the drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c driver
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 19, 2019
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the ieee802154 network subsystem in the Linux kernel. A malicious USB device could cause the exploit when a disconnect callback is accessing the hardware-descriptor private data after having it freed by the atusb_disconnect driver.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free