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CVE-2016-2184
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-27T17:59:09.867 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:43:37.420

Summary

The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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