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Debian: CVE-2017-16531: linux -- security update

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Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 3, 2017
Added
Feb 25, 2019
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux

References

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