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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5400 Moderate

UBUNTU-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 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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published August 6, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change April 22, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-vivid

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

7 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-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 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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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence