CVE-2016-2187

MEDIUM

Canonical Ubuntu Linux < 4.5.2 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

The gtco_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

References (19)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=162f98dea487206d9ab79fc12ed64700667a894d

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317017

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/162f98dea487206d9ab79fc12ed64700667a894d

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85425

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 6.7%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (9)

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

linux/linux_kernel < 4.5.2

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server

Timeline

Published May 02, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026