CVE-2016-2186

Description

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 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.

Risk Information

Base Score

4.6

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.048

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-2996-1) linux-image-3.2.0-104-generic_3.2.0-104.145_i386.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-2996-1) linux-image-3.2.0-104-generic_3.2.0-104.145_amd64.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-2996-1) linux-image-3.2.0-104-generic-pae_3.2.0-104.145_i386.deb	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234