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GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2015-439

GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2015-439
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published November 10, 2015
This update of kernel-linus provides the upstream 4.1.12 longterm kernel and fixes at least the following security issue: Moein Ghasemzadeh discovered that the USB WhiteHEAT serial driver contained hardcoded attributes about the USB devices. An attacker could construct a fake WhiteHEAT USB device that, when inserted, causes a denial of service (system crash) (CVE-2015-5257). It also fixes various upstream bugs, for more info see the referenced changelogs:

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Mageiakernel-linus0 (affected), 4.1.12-1.mga5 (unaffected)

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