Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: denial of service via Visor
February 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can plug a malicious USB device, in order to trigger a
denial of service in the visor driver of the Linux kernel.
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, Linux.
Severity: 1/4.
Creation date: 19/01/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Linux kernel contains a visor driver for Handspring Visor USB
devices.
However, a malicious USB device generates a fatal error in Visor.
An attacker can therefore plug a malicious USB device, in order to
trigger a denial of service in the visor driver of the Linux
kernel.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-Visor-18751