CVSS 3.1
6.6 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-16525
The usb_serial_console_disconnect function in drivers/usb/serial/console.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to disconnection and failed setup.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-416
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102028
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/299d7572e46f98534033a9e65973f13ad1ce9047
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd998c2e0df0469707503023d50d46cf0b10c787
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/cMACrmo1x0k/4KhRoUgABAAJ
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html