CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-3951

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2016-05-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2016-05-02
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 4.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid USB descriptor.

Affected configurations

• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • novell suse linux enterprise software development kit 12.0 • suse suse linux enterprise software development kit 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise desktop 12 • novell suse linux enterprise live patching 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise module for public cloud 12 • novell suse linux enterprise real time extension 12 • novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12.0 • linux linux kernel 4.5.0

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 www.debian.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/06/4 www.openwall.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91028 www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 www.securitytracker.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324782 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274 Vendor Advisory
https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg367669.html www.spinics.net
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 www.debian.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/06/4 www.openwall.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91028 www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 www.securitytracker.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324782 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64b Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274 Vendor Advisory
https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg367669.html www.spinics.net