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CVE-2016-2186
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-02T10:59:29.863 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:43:37.783

Summary

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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