medium6.8
CVE-2015-8816
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 ph…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Novell | Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | Versions 11.0, 12.0 |
| Novell | Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo | Version 11 |
| Novell | Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop | Version 12.0 |
| Novell | Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching | Version 12.0 |
| Novell | Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud | Version 12 |
| Novell | Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | Versions 11, 12 |
| Novell | Suse Linux Enterprise Server | Versions 11, 12.0 |
| Novell | Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension | Version 12.0 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 2.6.28 before 3.2.76 from 3.3 before 3.4.113 from 3.5 before 3.10.103 from 3.11 before 3.12.58 from 3.13 before 3.14.76 from 3.15 before 3.16.35 |
| Suse | Linux Enterprise Live Patching | Version 12 |
| Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | Version 12 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83363