NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-3139
Published: April 27, 2016 / Updated: June 1, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU90687
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3139
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
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 obj-$() function in drivers/input/tablet/Makefile, within the obj-$() function in drivers/hid/Makefile. A local non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3139
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283375
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/471d17148c8b4174ac5f5283a73316d12c4379bc
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3139
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283377
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316993
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=471d17148c8b4174ac5f5283a73316d12c4379bc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39538/