CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7915
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The hid_input_field function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by connecting a device, as demonstrated by a Logitech DJ receiver.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.5.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory