vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-2384: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:0817)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 27, 2016 | Nov 4, 2016 | Mar 3, 2021 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 27, 2016
Added
Nov 4, 2016
Modified
Mar 3, 2021
Description
Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an invalid USB descriptor.
Solution
redhat-upgrade-kernel
References
Rapid7 Labs
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