CVE-2017-8071

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8071
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-04-23T05:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-04-28T16:24:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-404 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/404.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.9 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97991 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8071
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8071
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:43:56 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:10:22 2017-04-23T05:59Z 2017-04-23T05:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 16:10:22 2017-04-28T16:24:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 16:10:22 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated