Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8816

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8816.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Apr 27, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.09%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8816: The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a USB hub device.

Impacted Vendors

suse 1

novell 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00015.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83363 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311589 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00015.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83363 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311589 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8816 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 27, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector PHYSICAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.