Security Advisory

CVE-2016-7915

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-11-16 04:49:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 02:13:20
Assigner google_android
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The hid_input_field function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by connecting a device, as demonstrated by a Logitech DJ receiver.