CVE-2014-3184
Description
The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 might allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device that provides a small report descriptor, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6) drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.16.2-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.16.2-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.16.2-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.16.2-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.16.2-2 |
| linux-kernel | affected | | |
| linux-kernel | 3.16.0 | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ab25786c87eb20857bbb715c3ae34ec8fd6a214
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69768
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2374-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2375-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141391
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=91
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ab25786c87eb20857bbb715c3ae34ec8fd6a214
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3184
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.