CVE-2016-2187

Medium

Description

The gtco_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 2, 2016
First seenMay 2, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.5.2—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit11.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo11—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server11—

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