Security Advisory
CVE-2016-2184
4.6
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.
Published Date
April 27, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory