| 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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-412-1, DSA-3448-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: local) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | wheezy | 3.2.78-1 | fixed |
| wheezy (security) | 3.2.101-1 | fixed | |
| jessie | 3.16.51-2 | fixed | |
| jessie (security) | 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 | fixed | |
| stretch | 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 4.16.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.3.3-6 | medium | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 | medium | DSA-3448-1 | |
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.73-2+deb7u3 | medium | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | medium | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | squeeze | 2.6.32-48squeeze19 | medium | DLA-412-1 |
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