CVE-2016-2384

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2384
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-27 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:30:00 UTC
DescriptionDouble free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an invalid USB descriptor.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1031-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
ALSA: usb-audio: avoid freeing umidi object twice · torvalds/linux@07d86ca · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Linux Kernel Double-Free Memory Error in usb-midi Driver Lets Physically Local Users Crash the System or Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
USN-2929-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-2931-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3503-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1037-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1032-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2928-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2930-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1035-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
kernel-exploits/CVE-2016-2384 at master · xairy/kernel-exploits · GitHub MISC github.com
USN-2930-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1046-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1034-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2930-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - CVE Request: Linux: ALSA: usb-audio: double-free triggered by invalid USB descriptor MLIST www.openwall.com
Linux Kernel CVE-2016-2384 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1039-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1041-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1040-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2928-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2932-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1038-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1308444 – CVE-2016-2384 kernel: double-free in usb-audio triggered by invalid USB descriptor CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1033-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1019-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1008-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2929-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1045-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

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