CVE-2017-16649

medium

Description

The usbnet_generic_cdc_bind function in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/834771/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/0e0gmaX9R0g/9Me9JcY2BQAJ

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101761

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-07

Updated: 2018-11-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium