The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-516-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3607-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3269 The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2965-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2965-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2965-3 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2965-4 Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2968-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2968-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2969-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2970-1 Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2971-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2971-2 Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2971-3 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2996-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2997-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/102 cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/88 cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/89 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84340 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317012 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f886ca12765d20124bd06291c82951fd49a33be cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2184 cve-icon
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2184 cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39555/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00321}

epss

{'score': 0.00345}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:17:50.605Z

Reserved: 2016-01-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-2184

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-27T17:59:09.867

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-2184

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-03-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2184 - Bugzilla

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