Описание
A denial of service vulnerability was found in the WhiteHEAT USB Serial Driver (whiteheat_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c). In the driver, the COMMAND_PORT variable was hard coded and set to 4 (5th element). The driver assumed that the number of ports would always be 5 and used port number 5 as the command port. However, when using a USB device in which the number of ports was set to a number less than 5 (for example, 3), the driver triggered a kernel NULL-pointer dereference. A non-privileged attacker could use this flaw to panic the host.
Отчет
This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and MRG-2. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Затронутые пакеты
| Платформа | Пакет | Состояние | Рекомендация | Релиз |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Will not fix | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Will not fix | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Will not fix | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Will not fix | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt | Will not fix |
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Дополнительная информация
Статус:
4 Medium
CVSS2
Связанные уязвимости
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2015-5257. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of CVE-2015-5257. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2015-5257 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.
4 Medium
CVSS2