CVE-2016-2384

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    CVE-2016-2384

    Published: 27 Apr 2016Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an invalid USB descriptor.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00033.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00027.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00031.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00036.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83256, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00028.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00032.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00034.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035072, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00029.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/14/2, https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00037.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00030.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00025.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2928-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2928-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308444, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07d86ca93db7e5cdf4743564d98292042ec21af7, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07d86ca93db7e5cdf4743564d98292042ec21af7

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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