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CVE-2016-3689

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data function in drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a USB device without both a master and a slave interface.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04
• Linux kernel: through 4.5.0
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: 12.0, 12.0-sp1
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching: 12.0
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud: 12.0
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: 12.0-sp1
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server: 12.0, 12.0-sp1
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12.0, 12.0-sp1
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 12.0, 12.0-sp1

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0ad220c96692eda76b2e3fd7279f3dcd1d8a8ff
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/30/6
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035441
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1

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