CVE-2016-5400: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Memory leak in the airspy_probe function in drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c in the airspy USB driver in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted USB device that emulates many VFL_TYPE_SDR or VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV devices and performs many connect and disconnect operations.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.6.6

Published 2016-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.