CVE-2016-5400

Medium

Description

Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 6, 2016
First seenAug 6, 2016

How to fix

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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.6.6—

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CVE-2016-5400 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar