7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-8063

Published: 23/04/2017 Updated: 14/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/cxusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x prior to 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

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Vendor Advisories

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/cxusbc in the Linux kernel 49x and 410x before 41012 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist ...