CVE-2017-16538
Description
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/lmedm04.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 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, related to a missing warm-start check and incorrect attach timing (dm04_lme2510_frontend_attach versus dm04_lme2510_tuner).
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16538
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16538.html
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44567/
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44566/
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.14-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/XwNidsl4X04/ti6I2IaRBAAJ
- https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44566/
- https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44567/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16538.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16538
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.