CVE-2019-19527 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel USB Human Interface Device subsystem, affecting kernels before version 5.2.10. In the hiddev driver's device-open and initialization-failure handling, a race between opening a HID device and device disconnection can remove a list entry while concurrent USB paths retain references to it. A malicious USB device can induce the faulty lifetime-management condition.
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A Linux kernel use-after-free vulnerability in the HID USB hiddev driver that can be triggered by a malicious USB device.
A Linux kernel use-after-free vulnerability in the HID USB hiddev driver that can be triggered by a malicious USB device. It is fixed in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt update.
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel USB HID hiddev driver (drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c). A malicious USB device can trigger the flaw in Linux kernel versions before 5.2.10.
A Linux kernel use-after-free vulnerability in the HID USB driver hiddev.c that can be triggered by a malicious USB device.
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