CVE-2016-2186

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2186
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2186.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2186
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-05-02T10:59:29.863Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:02:32.795113Z
Severity
  • 4.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

Database specific
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    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "11.0-sp4"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0-sp1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.04"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "4.5.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "11.0-sp4"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
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                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0-sp1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
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                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "11.0-sp4"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0-sp1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "11.0-extra"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:extra:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "11.0-sp4"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0-sp1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.0-sp1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "4.5.1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "DESCRIPTION"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
9c6ba456711687b794dcf285856fc14e2c76074f
Database specific
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2186.json"

Git / github.com/torvalds/linux

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Database specific
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2186.json"