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CVE-2016-5400

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Date: August 6, 2016

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (13)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5400
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5400
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5400

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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