CVE-2013-2892

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.12

Description The issue affects the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel. It allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted device. This is due to a heap-based out-of-bounds write in the drivers/hid/hid-pl.c file when CONFIG HID PANTHERLORD is enabled.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.12, update to version 3.12 or later to resolve the issue.