Vulnerability CVE-2013-2896
Published: 2013-09-16   Modified: 2013-09-17

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Linux HID ntrig NULL pointer dereference
Kees Cook
02.09.2013

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.7/10
6.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/28/13
http://marc.info/?l=linux-input&m=137772189314633&w=1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2050-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2039-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2038-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2024-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2022-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2021-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2019-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1490.html
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