USB Request Block (URB) Stale Pointer Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6.8 to 2.6.14-rc2

CVE-2005-3055 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Linux kernel 2.6.8 to 2.6.14-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) via a userspace process that issues a USB Request Block (URB) to a USB device and terminates before the URB is finished, which leads to a stale pointer reference.

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