cve/2016/CVE-2016-5400.md

### [CVE-2016-5400](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5400)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/thdusdl1219/CVE-Study