CVE-2016-2184
Published: April 27, 2016Last modified: September 13, 2023
Description
The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 4.6 |
| Attack Vector | PHYSICAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Not affected (6.1.50-r0) |
| Stream | linux-lts | Not affected (6.1.50-r0) |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/102
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/88
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/89
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84340
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317012
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39555/
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1