CVE-2016-5400

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    CVE-2016-5400

    Published: 6 Aug 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848

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    Events:

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