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Red Hat: CVE-2016-20022: kernel: USB: improper validation of wMaxPacketValue entries in endpoint descriptors

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2016-20022: kernel: USB: improper validation of wMaxPacketValue entries in endpoint descriptors
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2016, 20022, kernel, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 5

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

Jun 27, 2024

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 10, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel before 4.8, usb_parse_endpoint in drivers/usb/core/config.c does not validate the wMaxPacketSize field of an endpoint descriptor. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the supplier.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2016-20022

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