CVE-2015-8816
The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a
02 Description
The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-04-27 17:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-02-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3b82e9f1ec96f1dd1b9eedd555ffd6a56d1a00fe57950b69f9166290a91bf740
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1690http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2010http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1994http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1961http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2001http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00015.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3503http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html
- www.securityfocus.com83363http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83363
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1764http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311589
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1707http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1672http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1019http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
- source.android.comhttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160223 CVE Request: Linux kernel USB hub invalid memory access in hub_activate()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/5
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2005http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2007http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1995http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-79.123
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-62.82~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-51.57~14.04.1
- linux-lts-wily Fixed in 4.2.0-30.35~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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