CVE-2016-2187
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The gtco_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorPhysical
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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.
Official patch: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=162f98dea487206d9ab79fc12ed64700667a894d ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=162f98dea487206d9ab79fc12ed64700667a894dPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85425
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1Advisory