PT-2016-5381 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3
Ralf Spenneberg
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Published
2016-04-13
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Updated
2023-09-12
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CVE-2016-3138
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 USB device without both a control and a data endpoint descriptor. This is due to a problem in the acm probe function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5.1, update to version 4.5.1 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Linux Kernel
Suse
Ubuntu