An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver.
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31e0456de5be379b10fea0fa94a681057114a96e
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon