| Name | CVE-2015-7566 |
| Description | The clie_5_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a bulk-out endpoint. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-412-1, DSA-3448-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.234-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.129-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.135-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.12.27-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283371 (not (yet) public)
Proposed upstream patch: http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=145260786729359&w=2