DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2186

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2186
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2186.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2186
Upstream
Published
2016-05-02T10:59:29Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:21Z
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}