CVE-2017-16526
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
drivers/uwb/uwbd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.14-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.13.10-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.2.97 | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bbf26183b7a6236ba602f4d6a2f7cade35bba043
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/zROBxKXzHDk/5I6aZ3O2AgAJ
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16526.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16526
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.