SB2016011919 - Fedora 23 update for kernel

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SB2016011919 - Fedora 23 update for kernel

Published: January 19, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016011919
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Physical access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7566)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the clie_5_attach() function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c. A local non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7513)

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to a crash the entire system.

The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error within the kvm_vm_ioctl_get_pit(), kvm_vm_ioctl_get_pit2() and kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit2() functions in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c. A local user can a crash the entire system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References