vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-3951): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 2, 2016
Added
May 6, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid USB descriptor.

Solutions

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References

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    Rapid7 Labs

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