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CVE-2016-5400 json

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 allow…

published 2016-08-06 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6345

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.7.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5400

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-36.55
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1021.27
  • linux-lts-vivid Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.19.0-68.76~14.04.1
  • linux-lts-xenial Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1024.27

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5400

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5400 updated cvss 4.6

kernel: memory leak in airspy usb driver

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Sources

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