Use After Free Affecting perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-696.el6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
3.72% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PERF-1511521
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Feb 2016

Introduced: 14 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2384  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 perf 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 perf package and not the perf 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.

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