Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-debug package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDEBUG-1367147
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 19 Sep 2017
Introduced: 19 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-16531 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-debug.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug package and not the kernel-debug package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
drivers/usb/core/config.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to the USB_DT_INTERFACE_ASSOCIATION descriptor.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102025
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16531
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd7a3fe770ebd8391d1c7d072ff88e9e76d063eb
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/hP6L-m59m_8/Co2ouWeFAwAJ
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
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