CVE-2016-3138: Null Pointer Dereference

First published: Wed Mar 09 2016(Updated: )

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel handling when a buggy USB device is attached attempting to use the cdc_acm kernel module. This flaw would cause the kernel to panic by a null pointer dereference. Public via: <a href="http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/54">http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/54</a> CVE-ID request and assignment: <a href="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/605">http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/605</a> <a href="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/622">http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/622</a> Upstream patch: <a href="https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8835ba4a39cf53f705417b3b3a94eb067673f2c9">https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8835ba4a39cf53f705417b3b3a94eb067673f2c9</a>

Credit: meissner@suse.de security@opentext.com meissner@suse.de

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