PT-2016-5050 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Ralf Spenneberg · Published 2016-04-13 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-2185

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5.1

Description The issue allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This is achieved by using a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.5.1, update to version 4.5.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1331

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CVE-2016-2185

DLA-516-1

DSA-3607-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1382-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2144-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1672-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1696-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1

USN-2965-1

USN-2965-2

USN-2965-3

USN-2965-4

USN-2968-1

USN-2968-2

USN-2969-1

USN-2970-1

USN-2971-1

USN-2971-2

USN-2971-3

USN-2996-1

USN-2997-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 527

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/bpf_priv_esc.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/netfilter_priv_esc_ipv4.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/wpengfei/CVE-2016-6516-exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/90 · Exploit
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/950336ba3e4a1ffd2ca60d29f6ef386dd2c7351d · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2969-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3672 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0821 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7515 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2965-4 · Vendor Advisory