Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.6.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005343
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Aug 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5400  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.6.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.

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