CVE-2016-5400 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.3