CVE-2016-2186: 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 powermate driver. The kernel would panic causing null pointer dereference attempting to access non existent endpoints. Product bug: <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED WONTFIX - CVE-2016-2186 Local RedHat Enterprise Linux DoS – RHEL 7.1 Kernel crashes on invalid USB device descriptors (powermate driver) [local-DoS]" href="show_bug.cgi?id=1283384">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283384</a> Public via: <a href="http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/85">http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/85</a> This was assigned <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2186">CVE-2016-2186</a> by Red Hat.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com

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