NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-debug-kvm package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTDEBUGKVM-1980520
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 29 Sep 2017
Introduced: 29 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-16532 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-rt-debug-kvm.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-debug-kvm package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16532
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7c80f9e4a588f1925b07134bb2e3689335f6c6d8
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/l3870gs3LhA/y79DYQdFBAAJ
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
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