Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel usbvision Driver by Red Hat
CVE-2015-7833

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Novell
Status
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 October 2015

Summary

The usbvision driver in the Linux kernel package allows physically proximate attackers to induce a denial of service condition by providing an invalid value in the USB device descriptor. This can lead to system crashes and instability, affecting services reliant on the kernel. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 are advised to address this vulnerability to maintain system integrity.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201858
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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