A flaw was found in in the Linux kernel's USB device management code which could cause a crash when a device which required powermate driver. The kernel would panic causing null pointer dereference attempting to access non existent endpoints. Product bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283384 Public via: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/85 This was assigned CVE-2016-2186 by Red Hat.
Acknowledgments: Name: Ralf Spenneberg (OpenSource Security)
Public via: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/85
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1317464]
I sent a patch upstream for this. We'll see what they say. linux-input@ patch and thread: http://marc.info/?l=linux-input&m=145797215101551&w=2 | http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg43675.html linux-usb@ patch and thread: http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=145796479528669&w=2 | http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg137695.html upstream: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9c6ba456711687b794dcf285856fc14e2c76074f
Statement: This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and MRG-2. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
kernel-4.5.0-302.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
kernel-4.4.6-301.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
kernel-4.4.6-201.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.