NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-1979661
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 21 Sep 2017
Introduced: 21 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-16536 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7
kernel-tools-libs-devel
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel
package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
The cx231xx_usb_probe function in drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.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-2017-16536
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/WlUAVfDvpRk/1V1xuEA4AgAJ
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9963527/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/