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CVE-2016-7915

Published: Nov 16, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

The hid_input_field function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by connecting a device, as demonstrated by a Logitech DJ receiver.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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vendor-advisory

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f

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vdb-entry

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f

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