Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5257
CVE-2015-5257
Description
drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. NOTE: this ID was incorrectly used for an Apache Cordova issue that has the correct ID of CVE-2015-8320.
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References
12- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cbb4be652d374f64661137756b8f357a1827d6a4nvdVendor Advisory
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372nvd
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.4nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/23/1nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76834nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2794-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2795-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2798-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2799-1nvd
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