CVE-2019-19965

Exp

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.

Published: 2019-12-25 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-19965 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-19965

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-19965

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-28 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
2 2025-12-27 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-19965

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.0 3.6 [email protected]
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-19965

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-19965

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-19965 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19965
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19965
suse medium CVE-2019-19965 severity moderate: SUSE including 605 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 904 product×package rows across 113 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, … (113 product lines)): Fixed 733, Known Affected 157, Known Not Affected 14. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19965/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-19965 medium priority: Ubuntu including 112 source packages (linux, linux-aws, …), 1168 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 826, not-affected 164, released 155, ignored 23. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19965

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-19965

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel <= 5.4.6 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp cloud_backup — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp data_availability_services — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_availability_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_os_controller >= 11.0.0, <= 11.70.1 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_management_node — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp a700s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h610s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h610s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp 8300_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:8300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp 8700_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:8700_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp a400_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-19965

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f70267f379b5e5e11bdc5d72a56bf17e5feed01f Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/ Third Party Advisory
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