vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2017-15102: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 15, 2017 | Dec 4, 2017 | Feb 4, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 15, 2017
Added
Dec 4, 2017
Modified
Feb 4, 2022
Description
The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
Solution(s)
suse-upgrade-kernel-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-docssuse-upgrade-kernel-ec2suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
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