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CVE-2016-5400

Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows

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Summary

Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.

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Affected versions

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References 10

ubuntu.com

git.kernel.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

openwall.com

securitytracker.com

GitHub · torvalds/linux

securityfocus.com