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CVE-2015-7566

Severity Medium
Score 4.6/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • PHYSICAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published