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

VectorAV: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

ALT-PU-2014-2297
ALT-PU-2015-1794
CVE-2016-3139
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2144-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1019-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1672-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Linux Kernel
Suse