USB Device Descriptor Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2016-3140 · MEDIUM Severity
AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The digi_port_init function in drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.
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