CVE-2017-8072 Information

Description

The cp2112_gpio_direction_input function in drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 does not have the expected EIO error status for a zero-length report which allows local users to have an unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.9 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98010 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e9faa15469ed7c7467423db4c62aeed3ff4cae3 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e9faa15469ed7c7467423db4c62aeed3ff4cae3

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

7.8