CVE-2017-15102
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2017-11-15 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2017-15102 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.3 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Physical |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2019-4855 | 2019-11-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.40.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2019-4854 | 2019-11-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2019-4850 | 2019-11-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2019-4854 | 2019-11-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2019-4855 | 2019-11-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.40.1.el7uek) | ELSA-2019-4854 | 2019-11-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2019-4850 | 2019-11-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2019-4854 | 2019-11-20 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2019-0056 | 2019-11-21 |
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