PT-2016-7430 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published 2016-06-22 · Updated 2018-05-16 · CVE-2016-7915

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6

Description The issue allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service. This can be achieved by connecting a device, such as a Logitech DJ receiver, to exploit the out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the hid input field function.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6, update to version 4.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1634

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CESA-2016_2574

CVE-2016-7915

DLA-772-1

RHSA-2016:2574

RHSA-2016_2574

SUSE-SU-2018:0834-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0848-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1080-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1172-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1309-1

SUSE-SU-2018_0834-1

SUSE-SU-2018_0848-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 126

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7915 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1080-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7915 · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0848-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0834-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1172-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1309-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7915 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7915 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7915 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7915 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7915 · Vendor Advisory