CVE-2015-7515 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2015-7515?

CVE-2015-7515 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The aiptek_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted USB device that lacks endpoints.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7515?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7515?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-7515 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7515 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7515, GHSA-2cqh-7j4m-cjvm, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7515.