CVE-2017-16537
medium
CVSS v3
6.6
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
6.6
Description
The imon_probe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference 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-2017-16537
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16537.html
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9994017/
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.14-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.13.13-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.13.13-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.13.13-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.13.13-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.13.13-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/bBFN8imrjjo/-5jCl8EiCQAJ
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9994017/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16537.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16537
CWEs
CWE-476
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.