CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-8816

Published: Apr 27, 2016 | Modified: Nov 01, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a USB hub device.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit Novell 11.0-sp4 (including) 11.0-sp4 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo Novell 11-sp4 (including) 11-sp4 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_desktop Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud Novell 12 (including) 12 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension Novell 11-sp4 (including) 11-sp4 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension Novell 12-sp1 (including) 12-sp1 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_server Novell 11-extra (including) 11-extra (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_server Novell 11-sp4 (including) 11-sp4 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_server Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)

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