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CVE-2017-8924

The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the d…

Impact

The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 4.10.3
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification

CWE-191

References