cve-2019-19965
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-25 03:01
Modified
2024-08-05 02:32
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel through 5.4.6, there is a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c because of mishandling of port disconnection during discovery, related to a PHY down race condition, aka CID-f70267f379b5.
References
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