CVE-2016-5829

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-06-25
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usagefunction in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3624	2016-10-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.13.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3623	2016-10-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.13.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3625	2016-10-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2016-2006	2016-10-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3623	2016-10-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3624	2016-10-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3625	2016-10-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.13.2.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3623	2016-10-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.13.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3625	2016-10-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2016-2574	2016-11-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3623	2016-10-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3625	2016-10-06
Oracle VM version 3.2 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0158	2016-11-15
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0139	2016-10-06
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0138	2016-10-06