DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2186

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2186 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.599999904632568 MEDIUM

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

4.599999904632568

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	linux	0, 0, 0

Timeline

May 2, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2186 advisory

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