CVE-2015-8816

Name	CVE-2015-8816
Description	The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a USB hub device.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3503-1

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)	5.10.226-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.115-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.119-1	fixed
	trixie	6.11.10-1	fixed
	sid	6.12.5-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	wheezy	3.2.73-2+deb7u3	DSA-3503-1
linux	source	jessie	3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4	DSA-3503-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.4.2-1
linux-2.6	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea (v4.4-rc6)