CVE-2016-2782

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2782
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-27 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-31 18:02:00 UTC
DescriptionThe treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1) bulk-in or (2) interrupt-in endpoint.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All rc7 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 12 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 12 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 extra All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 extra All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp2 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2929-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2967-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
1312670 – (CVE-2016-2782) CVE-2016-2782 kernel: visor: crash on invalid USB device descriptors in treo_attach() in visor driver CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
USN-2930-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USB: visor: fix null-deref at probe · torvalds/linux@cac9b50 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Vendor Advisory
USN-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2930-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2930-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1672-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 3.10.0 (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - visor 'treo_attach' Nullpointer Dereference - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
USN-2948-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
[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
USN-2967-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request -- linux kernel: visor: crash on invalid USB device descriptors in treo_attach() in visor driver MLIST www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1019-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2929-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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