CVE-2017-17975 (Medium) detected in linux-stable-rtv4.1

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CVE-2017-17975 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - linux-stable-rtv4.1

Library home page: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zanussi/linux-stable-rt.git

Found in HEAD commit: d320b28538efef34097703b1fd51d4131f87b779

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerable Source Files (2)

/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c /drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c

Vulnerability Details

Use-after-free in the usbtv_probe function in drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering failure of audio registration, because a kfree of the usbtv data structure occurs during a usbtv_video_free call, but the usbtv_video_fail label's code attempts to both access and free this data structure.

Publish Date: 2017-12-30

URL: CVE-2017-17975

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Local - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: Low - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High

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Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-17975

Release Date: 2017-12-30

Fix Resolution: v4.17-rc1

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