# CVE-2006-1368: Buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-03-23 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kmalloc'd memory corruption) via a remote NDIS response to OID_GEN_SUPPORTED_LIST, which causes memory to be allocated for the reply data but not the reply structure.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17831
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1046
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19955
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21045
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19330
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20671
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8763716bfe4d8a16bef28c9947cf9d799b1796a5

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