Security Advisory
CVE-2016-5829
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
June 27, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory