RedhatCVELIST:CVE-2016-5400CVE-2016-5400
Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.
References
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848
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