NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELTOOLS-1345522
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Mar 2016

Introduced: 14 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-2184  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

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

The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

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CVSS Base Scores

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