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CVE-2015-8816

Date: April 27, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.8

Related Resources (31)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/5

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00015.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8816

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311589

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8816

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8816

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html

Url: http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83363

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8816

Severity Score

6.8

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.8
Attack Vector (AV):	PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2015-8816

Date: April 27, 2016

Language: C

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