CVE-2016-2184: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Fri Mar 11 2016(Updated: )
A flaw was found in in the Linux kernel's USB device management code which could cause a crash when a device which required snd_usb_audio driver. The kernel would panic causing null pointer dereference attempting to access non existent endpoints. Product bugs: <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED WONTFIX - CVE-2016-2184 Local RedHat Enterprise Linux DoS – RHEL 7.1 Kernel crashes on invalid USB device descriptors (snd_usb_audio driver bug1) [local-DoS]" href="show_bug.cgi?id=1283355">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283355</a> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED WONTFIX - CVE-2016-2184 Local RedHat Enterprise Linux DoS – RHEL 7.1 Kernel crashes on invalid USB device descriptors (snd_usb_audio driver bug2) [local-DoS]" href="show_bug.cgi?id=1283358">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283358</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | <=4.5.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | =12.0-sp1 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =11.0-extra | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension | =12.0 | |
| Google Android | ||
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.106-3 6.1.112-1 6.11.4-1 6.11.5-1 |
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Reference Links
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/88
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/89
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/102
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39555/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84340
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1283355
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1283358
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1317470
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?h=for-linus&id=0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?h=for-linus&id=447d6275f0c21f6cc97a88b3a0c601436a4cdf2a
- http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2016-March/106316.html
- http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2016-March/106317.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1283358#c6
- http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2016-March/106359.html
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2184
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2184
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