CVE-2017-16538 Information

Description

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/lmedm04.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device related to a missing warm-start check and incorrect attach timing (dm04_lme2510_frontend_attach versus dm04_lme2510_tuner).

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/XwNidsl4X04/ti6I2IaRBAAJ https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44566/ https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44567/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.6