CVE-2016-2186

Public Exploit

Description

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.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 crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

4.6

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.06%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9c6ba456711687b794dcf285856fc14e2c76074f	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84337	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317015	issue tracking vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/117	mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html	vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/85	mailing list exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c6ba456711687b794dcf285856fc14e2c76074f	vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2186?: CVE-2016-2186 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2186?: To fix CVE-2016-2186, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-2186 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2016-2186 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.