CVE-2016-5829

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5829
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-27 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-17 21:16:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
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-2016:2177-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
USN-3070-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2175-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1985-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-3070-4: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-3072-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-3071-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
USN-3072-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-3071-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel 'usbhid/hiddev.c' Local Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel HID: hiddev buffer overflows MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2174-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2179-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
HID: hiddev: validate num_values for HIDIOCGUSAGES, HIDIOCSUSAGES com… · torvalds/linux@93a2001 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3616-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2018-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - October 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2180-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-3070-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2184-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2181-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-3070-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2178-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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