CVE-2016-2184

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    CVE-2016-2184

    Published: 27 Apr 2016Last Modified: 11 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84340, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html, https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39555/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1, http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/102, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html, http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/88, http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/89, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317012

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Affected versions

    v2.6.12-rc2
    v2.6.12-rc3
    v2.6.12-rc4
    v2.6.13
    v2.6.13-rc1
    v2.6.13-rc2
    v2.6.13-rc3
    v2.6.13-rc4
    v2.6.13-rc5
    v2.6.13-rc6
    v2.6.13-rc7
    v2.6.14-rc1
    v2.6.14-rc2
    v2.6.14-rc3
    v2.6.15-rc1
    v2.6.15-rc2
    v2.6.15-rc4
    v2.6.15-rc5
    v2.6.15-rc7
    v2.6.16
    v2.6.16-rc1
    v2.6.16-rc2
    v2.6.16-rc3
    v2.6.16-rc4
    v2.6.16-rc5
    v2.6.16-rc6
    v2.6.17
    v2.6.17-rc1
    v2.6.17-rc2
    v2.6.17-rc3
    v2.6.17-rc4
    v2.6.17-rc5
    v2.6.17-rc6
    v2.6.18
    v2.6.18-rc1
    v2.6.18-rc2
    v2.6.18-rc3
    v2.6.18-rc5
    v2.6.18-rc6
    v2.6.19-rc1
    v2.6.19-rc2
    v2.6.20-rc1
    v2.6.20-rc2
    v2.6.20-rc3
    v2.6.20-rc4
    v2.6.20-rc5
    v2.6.20-rc6
    v2.6.20-rc7
    v2.6.21
    v2.6.21-rc1
    v2.6.21-rc2
    v2.6.21-rc3
    v2.6.21-rc4
    v2.6.21-rc5
    v2.6.21-rc6
    v2.6.21-rc7
    v2.6.22
    v2.6.22-rc1
    v2.6.22-rc2
    v2.6.22-rc3
    v2.6.22-rc4
    v2.6.22-rc5
    v2.6.22-rc6
    v2.6.22-rc7
    v2.6.23
    v2.6.23-rc1
    v2.6.23-rc2
    v2.6.23-rc3
    v2.6.23-rc4
    v2.6.23-rc5
    v2.6.23-rc6
    v2.6.23-rc7
    v2.6.23-rc8
    v2.6.23-rc9
    v2.6.24
    v2.6.24-rc1
    v2.6.24-rc2
    v2.6.24-rc3
    v2.6.24-rc4
    v2.6.24-rc5
    v2.6.24-rc6
    v2.6.24-rc7
    v2.6.24-rc8
    v2.6.25
    v2.6.25-rc1
    v2.6.25-rc2
    v2.6.25-rc3
    v2.6.25-rc4
    v2.6.25-rc5
    v2.6.25-rc6
    v2.6.25-rc7
    v2.6.25-rc8
    v2.6.25-rc9
    v2.6.26
    v2.6.26-rc1
    v2.6.26-rc2
    v2.6.26-rc3
    v2.6.26-rc4
    v2.6.26-rc5
    v2.6.26-rc6
    v2.6.26-rc7
    v2.6.26-rc8
    v2.6.26-rc9
    v2.6.27
    v2.6.27-rc1
    v2.6.27-rc2
    v2.6.27-rc3
    v2.6.27-rc4
    v2.6.27-rc5
    v2.6.27-rc6
    v2.6.27-rc7
    v2.6.27-rc8
    v2.6.27-rc9
    v2.6.28
    v2.6.28-rc1
    v2.6.28-rc2
    v2.6.28-rc3
    v2.6.28-rc4
    v2.6.28-rc5
    v2.6.28-rc6
    v2.6.28-rc7
    v2.6.28-rc8
    v2.6.28-rc9
    v2.6.29
    v2.6.29-rc1
    v2.6.29-rc2
    v2.6.29-rc3
    v2.6.29-rc4
    v2.6.29-rc5
    v2.6.29-rc6
    v2.6.29-rc7
    v2.6.29-rc8
    v2.6.30
    v2.6.30-rc1
    v2.6.30-rc2
    v2.6.30-rc3
    v2.6.30-rc4
    v2.6.30-rc5
    v2.6.30-rc6
    v2.6.30-rc7
    v2.6.30-rc8
    v2.6.31
    v2.6.31-rc1
    v2.6.31-rc2
    v2.6.31-rc3
    v2.6.31-rc4
    v2.6.31-rc5
    v2.6.31-rc6
    v2.6.31-rc7
    v2.6.31-rc8
    v2.6.31-rc9
    v2.6.32
    v2.6.32-rc1
    v2.6.32-rc2
    v2.6.32-rc3
    v2.6.32-rc4
    v2.6.32-rc5
    v2.6.32-rc6
    v2.6.32-rc7
    v2.6.32-rc8
    v2.6.33
    v2.6.33-rc1
    v2.6.33-rc2
    v2.6.33-rc3
    v2.6.33-rc4
    v2.6.33-rc5
    v2.6.33-rc6
    v2.6.33-rc7
    v2.6.33-rc8
    v2.6.34
    v2.6.34-rc1
    v2.6.34-rc2
    v2.6.34-rc3
    v2.6.34-rc4
    v2.6.34-rc5
    v2.6.34-rc6
    v2.6.34-rc7
    v2.6.35
    v2.6.35-rc1
    v2.6.35-rc2
    v2.6.35-rc3
    v2.6.35-rc4
    v2.6.35-rc5
    v2.6.35-rc6
    v2.6.36
    v2.6.36-rc1
    v2.6.36-rc2
    v2.6.36-rc3
    v2.6.36-rc4
    v2.6.36-rc5
    v2.6.36-rc6
    v2.6.36-rc7
    v2.6.36-rc8
    v2.6.37
    v2.6.37-rc1
    v2.6.37-rc2
    v2.6.37-rc3
    v2.6.37-rc4
    v2.6.37-rc5
    v2.6.37-rc6
    v2.6.37-rc7
    v2.6.37-rc8
    v2.6.38
    v2.6.38-rc1
    v2.6.38-rc2
    v2.6.38-rc3
    v2.6.38-rc4
    v2.6.38-rc5
    v2.6.38-rc6
    v2.6.38-rc7
    v2.6.38-rc8
    v2.6.39
    v2.6.39-rc1
    v2.6.39-rc2
    v2.6.39-rc3
    v2.6.39-rc4
    v2.6.39-rc5
    v2.6.39-rc6
    v2.6.39-rc7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High