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CVE-2016-5829

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to c…

Impact

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 3.2.82
from 3.3 before 3.10.103
from 3.11 before 3.12.62
from 3.13 before 3.14.74
from 3.15 before 3.16.37
from 3.17 before 3.18.37
NovellSuse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension
Version 12
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04

Weakness classification

CWE-119

References