FKIE_CVE-2017-16525

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-04 01:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:09
Severity
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The usb_serial_console_disconnect function in drivers/usb/serial/console.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to disconnection and failed setup.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102028Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/299d7572e46f98534033a9e65973f13ad1ce9047Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd998c2e0df0469707503023d50d46cf0b10c787Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/cMACrmo1x0k/4KhRoUgABAAJThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102028Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/299d7572e46f98534033a9e65973f13ad1ce9047Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd998c2e0df0469707503023d50d46cf0b10c787Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/cMACrmo1x0k/4KhRoUgABAAJThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
debian debian_linux 7.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
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