CVE-2016-5829

Published: Jun 27, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call.

Affected (14)

Products: Debian: Debian Linux · Linux: Linux Kernel · Novell: Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · +1 more

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Debian: Debian Linux · Linux: Linux Kernel · Novell: Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

1 product

Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension

Canonical

1 product

Ubuntu Linux

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Configuration B

9 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	version < 3.2.82
Linux Linux Kernel	3.11 ≤ version < 3.12.62
Linux Linux Kernel	3.13 ≤ version < 3.14.74
Linux Linux Kernel	3.15 ≤ version < 3.16.37
Linux Linux Kernel	3.17 ≤ version < 3.18.37
Linux Linux Kernel	3.19 ≤ version < 4.1.28
Linux Linux Kernel	3.3 ≤ version < 3.10.103
Linux Linux Kernel	4.2 ≤ version < 4.4.16
Linux Linux Kernel	4.5 ≤ version < 4.6.5

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension	Version 12 sp1

Configuration D

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 16.04

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (60)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2006.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/26/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91450

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5