CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16525
6.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.18 < 3.2.96)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.10.108)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.16.51)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.76)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.46)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.93)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.57)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.13.8)
• debian debian linux 7.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102028 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/299d7572e46f98534033a9e65973f13ad1ce9047 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd998c2e0df0469707503023d50d46cf0b10c787 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/cMACrmo1x0k/4KhRoUgABAAJ Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102028 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/299d7572e46f98534033a9e65973f13ad1ce9047 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd998c2e0df0469707503023d50d46cf0b10c787 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/cMACrmo1x0k/4KhRoUgABAAJ Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ Third Party Advisory