CVE-2017-8068

drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.11 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-04-23

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98000
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98008
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5593523f968bc86d42a035c6df47d5e0979b5ace
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5593523f968bc86d42a035c6df47d5e0979b5ace