CVE-2018-16276 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7. Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106095 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115593 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.7 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308

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