CVE-2016-5829 Information

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2006.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/26/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91450 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 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-2 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8