CVE-2016-5400

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.6.6 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.

References (10)

[Issue Tracking, Patch] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 23.8%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.6.6

Timeline

Published Aug 06, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026