CVE - CVE-2016-5400

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-5400	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MISC:1036432 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432 MISC:92104 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104 MISC:USN-3070-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 MISC:USN-3070-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 MISC:USN-3070-3 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 MISC:USN-3070-4 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 MISC:[oss-security] 20160725 CVE-2016-5400 - linux kernel: denial of service in airspy USB driver. URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 URL:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160610	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160610)
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