UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17975

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 4
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CVE-2017-17975
Published: 29 Dec 2017, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 11:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Dec 2017, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 11:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 4.4.0-127.153

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 4.4.0-1022.22 | < 4.4.0-1060.69

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    < 4.13.0-1018.21

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    < 4.4.0-1008.10

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    < 4.13.0-1017.21

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    < 4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-kvm

    < 4.4.0-1026.31

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-127.153~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-oem

    < 4.13.0-1028.31

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1090.98 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1093.98

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