Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.6.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004666
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jun 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-5829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.6.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

CVSS Base Scores

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