Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-08-06T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:59.895Z

Reserved: 2016-06-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5400

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-06T20:59:02.720

Modified: 2017-09-01T01:29:28.837

Link: CVE-2016-5400

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5400 - Bugzilla