CVE-2016-5829
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.6.3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.6.3-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.6.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.6.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.6.3-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.2.82 | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/26/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91450
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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