CVE-2016-5400

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

4.3

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.082

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-3070-1) linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic_4.4.0-36.55_i386.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-3070-1) linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic_4.4.0-36.55_amd64.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-3070-1) linux-image-4.4.0-36-lowlatency_4.4.0-36.55_i386.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-3070-1) linux-image-4.4.0-36-lowlatency_4.4.0-36.55_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

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