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CVE-2017-16538

N/A
Published: November 4, 2017 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:09 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
v ≤ 4.13.11

References (9)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/XwNidsl4X04/ti6I2IaRBAAJ
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44566/
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44567/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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