Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel HID-NTrig Driver

CVE-2013-2896 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

drivers/hid/hid-ntrig.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_NTRIG is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted device.

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