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CVE-2019-15902

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15902 is a backporting error in various Linux kernel versions (4.4.x, 4.9.x, 4.14.x, 4.19.x, and 5.2.x) that reintroduced a Spectre v1 vulnerability in the ptrace_get_debugreg() function, affecting products like Debian, NetApp, and OpenSUSE. It has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.6, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, low privileges required, and a high potential for confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.4, <= 4.4.190CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.9, <= 4.9.190CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.14, <= 4.14.141CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.19, <= 4.19.69CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.2, <= 5.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 1,296 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-15902Moderate

kernel: backporting error in ptrace_get_debugreg()

Sep 3, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Third Party Advisory
grsecurity.net / teardown_of_a_failed_linux_lts_spectre_fix.php
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Sep/41
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20191004-0001
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4157-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 4157-2
usn.ubuntu.com / 4162-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 4162-2
usn.ubuntu.com / 4163-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 4163-2
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4531
Third Party Advisory