CVE-2016-2782 Information

Description

The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1) bulk-in or (2) interrupt-in endpoint.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cac9b50b0d75a1d50d6c056ff65c005f3224c8e0 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/9 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312670 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cac9b50b0d75a1d50d6c056ff65c005f3224c8e0 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39539/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.6