CVE-2016-5400

low-risk

Published 2016-08-06

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.

Do I need to act?

0.08% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.3/10 Medium

PHYSICAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Linux Kernel

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (20)

Issue Tracking http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1...

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184

Issue Tracking https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a2784...