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CVE-2017-15102
- EPSS 0.39%
- Veröffentlicht 15.11.2017 21:29:00
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 13.05.2026 00:24:29
- Quelle secalert@redhat.com
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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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version < 4.8.1
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version5.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version6.0
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version12.04 SwEditionesm
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version14.04 SwEditionlts
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.39% | 0.307 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 6.3 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
|
| nvd@nist.gov | 6.9 | 3.4 | 10 |
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
|
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2fae9e5a7babada041e2e161699ade2447a01989
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/238
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101790
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1505905
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2fae9e5a7babada041e2e161699ade2447a01989