CVE-2016-2186

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

Score

CVSS 3.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2016-05-02

Last modified

2024-08-05

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo (Novell)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (Novell)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching (Novell)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud (Novell)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension (Novell)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server (Novell)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (Novell)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension (Novell)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9c6ba456711687b794dcf285856fc14e2c76074f
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/117
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/85
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84337
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317015
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c6ba456711687b794dcf285856fc14e2c76074f