Use After Free Affecting kernel-firmware package, versions <0:2.6.32-696.el6
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed14 Feb 2016
Introduced: 14 Feb 2016
CVE-2016-2384 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-firmware to version 0:2.6.32-696.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0817.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-firmware package and not the kernel-firmware package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an invalid USB descriptor.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83256
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07d86ca93db7e5cdf4743564d98292042ec21af7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308444
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07d86ca93db7e5cdf4743564d98292042ec21af7
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2384
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/14/2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0817
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035072
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2928-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2928-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41999