CVE-2016-5400

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-5400
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-06 20:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 4.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary4.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3070-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug 1358184 – CVE-2016-5400 kernel: memory leak in airspy usb driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
USN-3070-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Linux Kernel Memory Leak in Airspy USB Device Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
oss-security - CVE-2016-5400 - linux kernel: denial of service in airspy USB driver. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch
USN-3070-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-3070-4: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
media: fix airspy usb probe error path · torvalds/linux@aa93d1f · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Linux Kernel CVE-2016-5400 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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