The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
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linux linux kernel |
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redhat enterprise linux 6.0 |
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redhat enterprise linux 5.0 |
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canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 |
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canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 |