UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7566

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7566

    Published: 7 Feb 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7566
    Aliases:
    USN-2929-1
    USN-2929-2
    USN-2930-1

    Summary:

    Details: The clie_5_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a bulk-out endpoint.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7566, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283371, http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=145260786729359&w=2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2932-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2930-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2930-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2929-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2929-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2930-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2948-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2967-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2967-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7566

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-83.127

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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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