CVE-2017-17558

Description

The usb_destroy_configuration function in drivers/usb/core/config.c in the USB core subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.14.5 does not consider the maximum number of configurations and interfaces before attempting to release resources, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.6

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.035

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.1.el6uek update (ELSA-2018-4109) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.1.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.1.el7uek update (ELSA-2018-4109) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.1.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234