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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-8925): Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-8925): Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/21/2017
Modified
08/25/2021

Description

The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-125-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-125-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-125-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-125-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-125-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-125-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-125-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-125-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-1043-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-59-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-59-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-59-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-59-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-59-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-59-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2

References

  • USN-3208-1
  • USN-3208-2
  • USN-3234-1
  • USN-3234-2
  • USN-3265-1
  • USN-3265-2
  • USN-3291-1
  • USN-3291-2
  • USN-3291-3
  • USN-3293-1
  • USN-3312-1
  • USN-3312-2
  • USN-3314-1
  • USN-3345-1
  • USN-3358-1
  • USN-3359-1
  • USN-3360-1
  • USN-3360-2
  • USN-3361-1
  • USN-3364-1
  • USN-3364-2
  • USN-3364-3
  • USN-3381-1
  • USN-3381-2
  • USN-3406-1
  • USN-3406-2
  • USN-3422-1
  • USN-3422-2
  • USN-3583-1
  • USN-3583-2
  • USN-3754-1
  • USN-4904-1
  • DLA-993-1
  • DSA-3886
  • CVE-2017-8925
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