CVE-2017-17558

medium
Published 2017-12-12 · 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 usb_destroy_configuration function in drivers/usb/core/config.c in the USB core subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.14.5 does not consider the maximum number of configurations and interfaces before attempting to release resources, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access) 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-2017-17558

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17558.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg163644.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-3

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-4

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.14.11.a-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
suse suse11affected

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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