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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-04-27T17:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.034Z
Reserved: 2016-02-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-8816
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2016-04-27T17:59:03.147
Modified: 2023-11-01T14:51:48.467
Link: CVE-2015-8816
Redhat