CVE-2015-8816

Medium

Description

The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a USB hub device.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedApr 27, 2016
First seenApr 27, 2016

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel3.2.76, 3.4.113, 3.10.103, 3.12.58, 3.14.76, 3.16.35, 3.18.27, 4.1.17, 4.3.5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.6.28 ≤ v < 3.2.76, 3.3 ≤ v < 3.4.113, 3.5 ≤ v < 3.10.103, 3.11 ≤ v < 3.12.58, 3.13 ≤ v < 3.14.76, 3.15 ≤ v < 3.16.35, 3.17 ≤ v < 3.18.27, 3.19 ≤ v < 4.1.17, 4.2 ≤ v < 4.3.53.2.76, 3.4.113, 3.10.103, 3.12.58, 3.14.76, 3.16.35, 3.18.27, 4.1.17, 4.3.5
novell suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit11.0, 12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo11—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_desktop12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud12—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension11, 12—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server11, 12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension12.0—
suse linux_enterprise_live_patching12—
suse linux_enterprise_server12—

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