CVE-2016-3951

Medium

Description

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid USB 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_kernel4.5.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit12.0—
suse suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_desktop12—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud12—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension12—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension12.0—

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