NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions *
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EPSS
0.35% (73rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTDEBUG-1345971
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 14 Mar 2016
Introduced: 14 Mar 2016
CVE-2016-2188 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-rt-debug.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug package and not the kernel-rt-debug package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.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.
References
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/118
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/87
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317018
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ec0ef3a82125efc36173062a50624550a900ae0
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2188
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39556/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.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-2968-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1
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