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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.44% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-1347118
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 9 Mar 2016
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Introduced: 9 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-3136 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The mct_u232_msr_to_state function in drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.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 USB device without two interrupt-in endpoint descriptors.

References

CVSS Scores

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Red Hat

6.2 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High