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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-5829): Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-5829): Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/29/2016
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-95-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-95-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-95-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-95-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-95-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-95-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-95-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-95-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-109-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-109-generic-pae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-109-highbank
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-109-omap
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-109-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-109-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-109-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-1487-omap4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1021-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1024-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-36-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-36-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-36-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-36-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-36-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-36-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-36-powerpc64-smp

References

  • USN-3053-1
  • USN-3070-1
  • USN-3070-2
  • USN-3070-3
  • USN-3070-4
  • USN-3071-1
  • USN-3071-2
  • USN-3072-1
  • USN-3072-2
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1937
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1985
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2018
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2105
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2174
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2175
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2177
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2178
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2179
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2180
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2181
  • RHSA-2016:2006
  • RHSA-2016:2574
  • RHSA-2016:2584
  • DLA-609-1
  • DSA-3616
  • 91450
  • CVE-2016-5829
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