CVE-2017-8925 Information

Description

The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98462 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5