CVE-2015-4002
kernel: ozwpan: improper bounds checking leads to DoS or heap overflow
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 13, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozusbsvc1.c in the OZWPAN driver in the Linux kernel through 4.0.5 does not ensure that certain length values are sufficiently large, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash or large loop) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, related to the (1) oz_usb_rx and (2) oz_usb_handle_ep_data functions.
Statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not affected by this flaw as the OZWPAN USB Host Controller driver (CONFIG_USB_WPAN_HCD) is not enabled in any current shipping kernels.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer