CVE-2017-8924

CVE Details

Release Date:	2017-05-12
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	4.6
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Physical
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5881	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.50.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2020-5879	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5866	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5879	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5881	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.50.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2020-5879	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5866	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5879	2020-10-09
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2020-0044	2020-10-09