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CVE-2017-5548

drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 39%
Public exploits
0
none known

drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • kernel.org /pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/95710 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1416110 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • git.kernel.org /cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05a974efa4bdf6e2a150e3f27dc6fcf0a9ad5 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /torvalds/linux/commit/05a974efa4bdf6e2a150e3f27dc6fcf0a9ad5655 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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