CVE-2016-3138

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    CVE-2016-3138

    Published: 2 May 2016Last Modified: 1 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The acm_probe function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a USB device without both a control and a data endpoint descriptor.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/14/4, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8835ba4a39cf53f705417b3b3a94eb067673f2c9, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316204, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8835ba4a39cf53f705417b3b3a94eb067673f2c9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8835ba4a39cf53f705417b3b3a94eb067673f2c9

    Affected versions

    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
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