The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
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History
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Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2fae9e5a7babada041e2e161699ade2447a01989 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/238 - Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101790 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1505905 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2fae9e5a7babada041e2e161699ade2447a01989 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ - Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2017-11-15 21:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:14
NVD link : CVE-2017-15102
Mitre link : CVE-2017-15102
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-15102
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Products Affected
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
redhat
- enterprise_linux
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference