cve/2016/CVE-2016-2186.md

### [CVE-2016-2186](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2186)
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### Description

The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/85
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.