CVE-2019-15214: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10. There is a use-after-free in the sound subsystem because card disconnection causes certain data structures to be deleted too early. This is related to sound/core/init.c and sound/core/info.c.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.0.10 (fixed in 5.0.10)
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.0 only; version 15.1 only

Published 2019-08-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.