CVE-2017-8924 (GCVE-0-2017-8924)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-12 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.
Severity
4.6 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98451 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Date Public
2017-05-12 00:00
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