CVE-2016-3951

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2016-3951 · Published 02/05/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-3951 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting suse linux enterprise software development kit (novell), suse linux enterprise software development kit (suse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.59%, higher than 48.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
suse linux enterprise software development kit novell	`= 12.0`	No fix yet
suse linux enterprise software development kit suse	`= 12.0`	No fix yet

Description

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid USB descriptor.

References

git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit · Vendor Advisory
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit · Vendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/06/4
securityfocus.com/bid/91028
securitytracker.com/id/1036763
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1

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