Medium severity4.6NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-3138
CVE-2016-3138
Description
The acm_probe function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a USB device without both a control and a data endpoint descriptor.
Affected products
18- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:extra:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:extra:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
22- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607nvd
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/14/4nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8835ba4a39cf53f705417b3b3a94eb067673f2c9nvd
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