CVE-2016-5400

Memory 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…

published August 6, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Memory 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00374 · 29.9th percentile
Published
2016-08-06T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 AUG 20:00Z
    Memory 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…
    cvelistv5