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CVE-2016-2384

Published: Apr 27, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
4.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.7%
Top 11.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an invalid USB descriptor.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:PAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:PAttack Vector
Physical
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

CentOSThe CentOS Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
FedoraFedora Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Linux MintClement Lefebvre
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
the centos projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka centos
fedora projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
clement lefebvreoss-projectFROperating Systemsaka linux mint team, clemlef
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07d86ca93db7e5cdf4743564d98292042ec21af7
git.kernel.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org
and 98 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Apr 27, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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