CVE-2016-2782

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedApr 27, 2016
First seenApr 27, 2016

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel4.5.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 4.5.0, 4.5.04.5.0
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo11—
suse linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud12—
suse linux_enterprise_desktop12—
suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension11, 12—
suse linux_enterprise_server11, 12—
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit11, 12—
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension12—

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