CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8071
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-404
Description
drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 4.9
• linux linux kernel 4.9.1
• linux linux kernel 4.9.2
• linux linux kernel 4.9.3
• linux linux kernel 4.9.4
• linux linux kernel 4.9.5
• linux linux kernel 4.9.6
• linux linux kernel 4.9.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release weakness
References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.9 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97991 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654 Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654 Patch
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.9 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97991 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654 Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654 Patch