UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5829
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5829
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3071-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3071-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3072-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3072-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5829