CVE-2017-16532
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
The get_endpoints function in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.6CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.6CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.40%• Percentile: 34%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Systems
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
14.04 | 16.04 | 17.10
- debian•linux
< 4.13.13-1 | < 4.13.13-1 | < 4.13.13-1 | < 4.13.13-1
- ubuntu•linux
< 3.13.0-157.207 | < 4.4.0-119.143
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1016.16 | < 4.4.0-1054.63
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.13.0-1014.17
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1008.10
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.13.0-1012.16
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.13.0-41.46~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1020.25
- ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-119.143~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.13.0-1022.24
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1086.94 | all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1088.93
- debian•debian_linux
7.0
- linux•linux_kernel
< 3.2.95 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.16.50 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.82 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.47 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.99 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.63 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.13.14
References (18)
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7c80f9e4a588f1925b07134bb2e3689335f6c6d8
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/l3870gs3LhA/y79DYQdFBAAJ
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16532
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3617-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3617-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3617-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3619-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3619-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3754-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16532
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16532