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CVE-2017-16644
medium
Description
The hdpvr_probe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (improper error handling and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
References
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9966135/
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/ngC5SLvxPm4/gduhCARhAwAJ