CVE-2017-16525

medium
Published 2017-11-04 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
6.6

Description

The usb_serial_console_disconnect function in drivers/usb/serial/console.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to disconnection and failed setup.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
65%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16525

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16525.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd998c2e0df0469707503023d50d46cf0b10c787

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/299d7572e46f98534033a9e65973f13ad1ce9047

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.14-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.13.10-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.13.10-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.13.10-1
debian debiansidfixed4.13.10-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.13.10-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.96
debian debian7.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.