{"id":"CVE-2016-7915","details":"The hid_input_field function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by connecting a device, as demonstrated by a Logitech DJ receiver.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:26:48.227721Z","published":"2016-11-16T05:59:09.923Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2018:0834-1","SUSE-SU-2018:0848-1","SUSE-SU-2018:1080-1","SUSE-SU-2018:1172-1","SUSE-SU-2018:1309-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/50220dead1650609206efe91f0cc116132d59b3f"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.5.7"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7915.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}