Vulnerability identifier: #VU11455

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7915

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Description
The vulnerability allows a physical attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the hid_input_field function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c due to out-of-bounds read. A physical attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information or cause the service to crash.

Mitigation
Update to version 4.6.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: 4.5, 4.4

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External links
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50220dead1650609206efe...

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. The attacker should have physical access to the system in order to successfully exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.