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CVE-2018-16276

An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7.

Impact

An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7. Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 2.6.37 before 3.16.58
from 3.17 before 3.18.116
from 3.19 before 4.4.141
from 4.5 before 4.9.113
from 4.10 before 4.14.56
from 4.15 before 4.17.7
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04

Weakness classification

CWE-787

References