high7.8
CVE-2017-5547
drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a d…
Impact
drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 4.4 before 4.4.45 from 4.5 before 4.9.6 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6d104af38b570d37aa32a5803b04c354f8ed513d
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95709
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416096
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6d104af38b570d37aa32a5803b04c354f8ed513d
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6d104af38b570d37aa32a5803b04c354f8ed513d
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95709
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416096
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6d104af38b570d37aa32a5803b04c354f8ed513d