CVE-2017-17558 (GCVE-0-2017-17558)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-12 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:51
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/12/7 x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg163644.html x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advis… x_refsource_MISC
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