4.6
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-8924

Published: 12/05/2017 Updated: 16/04/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 0.9
VMScore: 188
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.

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linux linux kernel

debian debian linux 8.0

debian debian linux 9.0

Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks CVE-2017-7487 Li Qiang reported a reference counter leak in the ipxitf_ioctl function which may result into a use-after-free vulnerability, triggerable when a IPX interface is configured CVE ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_tic in the Linux kernel allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow ...