Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Linux kernel HID subsystem

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Linux kernel HID subsystem

CVE-2014-3184 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 might allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device that provides a small report descriptor, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6) drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c.

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