Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2016-2188

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference24 documents9 sources
Severity
4.6MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 66.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
10
Linux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxNovell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo+7 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 2
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

▶Debianlinux< 4.9.16-1+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rgr2-r95x-q6qg: The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-2188: The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior↗2016-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2016-2188: The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior↗2016-05-02
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💥Exploits & PoCs

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Exploit-DB
Linux Kernel 3.10.0-229.x (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - 'iowarrior' Driver Crash (PoC)↗2016-03-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

15
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities↗2016-06-10
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2016-06-10
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities↗2016-05-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2016-05-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities↗2016-05-09
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2188 kernel: Kernel panic on invalid USB device descriptor (iowarrior driver) [fedora-all]↗2016-03-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3138 CVE-2016-3139 CVE-2016-3140 CVE-2016-3137 CVE-2016-3136 CVE-2016-2184 CVE-2016-2185 CVE-2016-2186 CVE-2016-2187 CVE-2016-2188 kernel: various crashes on invalid usb device descriptors [f↗2016-03-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2188 kernel: Kernel panic on invalid USB device descriptor (iowarrior driver)↗2016-03-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2188 Local RedHat Enterprise Linux DoS – RHEL 7.1 Kernel crashes on invalid USB device descriptors (iowarrior driver) [local-DoS]↗2015-11-18
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