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Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an invalid USB descriptor.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 27, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.6
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Physical
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2016-2384

GHSA ID

GHSA-7h8g-mrh3-v7rc

Source code

No known source code

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