CVE-2019-15291

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the flexcop_usb_probe function in the drivers/media/usb/b2c2/flexcop-usb.c driver.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15291

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15291.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`5.3.15-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.3.15-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`5.3.15-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`5.3.15-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`5.3.15-1`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15291.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15291

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.