PT-2016-5379 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3
Hendrik Schwartke
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Published
2016-04-13
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2016-3136
CVSS v2.0
4.9
Medium
| 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 NULL pointer dereference and system crash, via a crafted USB device without two interrupt-in endpoint descriptors. This is due to a problem in the
mct u232 msr to state function.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5.1, update to version 4.5.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of crafted USB devices to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploit
Fix
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Linux Kernel
Suse
Ubuntu