CVE-2017-8069
drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.11 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.11 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7926aff5c57b577ab0f43364ff0c59d968f6a414Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7926aff5c57b577ab0f43364ff0c59d968f6a414Patch
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7926aff5c57b577ab0f43364ff0c59d968f6a414Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7926aff5c57b577ab0f43364ff0c59d968f6a414Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.