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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-1368190
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 10 Oct 2017
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Introduced: 10 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-16647 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-doc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.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.