CVE-2016-3139

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.17

Description The issue allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. This is achieved via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor, specifically targeting the wacom probe function in drivers/input/tablet/wacom sys.c.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.17, update to version 3.17 or later to resolve the issue.