Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5400
CVE-2016-5400
Description
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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References
10- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4nvd
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