CVE-2017-16644

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Published 2017-11-07 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.6
CVSS:3.0/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 hdpvr_probe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (improper error handling 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 Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16644

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16644.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.16.1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.14.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.14.7-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.14.7-1
debian debiansidfixed4.14.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.14.7-1
linux linux-kernelaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-388

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