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Medium severity · published Apr 27, 2016
CVE-2015-8816
The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate…
6.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a USB hub device.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.28 before 3.2.76; 3.3 before 3.4.113; 3.5 before 3.10.103; 3.11 before 3.12.58; 3.13 before 3.14.76; 3.15 before 3.16.35; +3 more · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Live Patching · Suse
12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
12 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo · Novell
11 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud · Novell
12 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Novell
11; 12 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Novell
11; 11; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Novell
11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
KE
Kernel
Linux
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8816
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8816
Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
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