CVE-2016-5829 in Kernel
Summary
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.
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Reservation
06/23/2016
Disclosure
06/27/2016
Status
Confirmed
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88379 | Linux Kernel IOCTL Call hiddev.c hiddev_ioctl_usage memory corruption | 119 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2016-5829 |