CVE-2015-8816
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a USB hub device.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorPhysical
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684eaAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.htmlAdvisory