# CVE-2015-7833: The usbvision driver in the Linux kernel package 3.10.0-123.20.1.el7 through 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 allo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-10-19 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The usbvision driver in the Linux kernel package 3.10.0-123.20.1.el7 through 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a nonzero bInterfaceNumber value in a USB device descriptor.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201858
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
- http://www.os-s.net/advisories/DOS-KernelCrashesOnInvalidUSBDeviceDescriptors-UsbvisionDriver.pdf
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77030
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536629
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3426
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034452
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

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