CVE-2017-16536 (GCVE-0-2017-16536)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-04 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:27
VLAI?
Summary
The cx231xx_usb_probe function in drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/WlUAVfD… x_refsource_MISC
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9963527/ x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public ?
2017-11-03 00:00
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