PT-2016-5382 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
Hendrik Schwartke
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Published
2014-10-23
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Updated
2023-09-12
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CVE-2016-3139
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 3.17
Description
The issue allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. This is achieved via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor, specifically targeting the wacom probe function in drivers/input/tablet/wacom sys.c.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.17, update to version 3.17 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Linux Kernel
Suse