CVE-2017-16528
medium
CVSS v3
6.6
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
6.6
Description
sound/core/seq_device.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (snd_rawmidi_dev_seq_free use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
65%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16528
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16528.html
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc27fe7e8deef2f37cba3f2be2d52b6ca5eb9d57
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.14-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 4.1.47 | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc27fe7e8deef2f37cba3f2be2d52b6ca5eb9d57
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/kuZzDHGkQu8/5du20rZEAAAJ
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16528.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16528
CWEs
CWE-416
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.