{"id":"CVE-2016-5400","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:34.918750522Z","published":"2016-08-06T20:59:02.720Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5400.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.6.6"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}