CVE-2017-16532

The get_endpoints function in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-11-04

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7c80f9e4a588f1925b07134bb2e3689335f6c6d8
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/l3870gs3LhA/y79DYQdFBAAJ
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/