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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-12T21:00:00

Updated: 2017-11-03T18:57:01

Reserved: 2017-05-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-8924

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-05-12T21:29:00.207

Modified: 2019-04-16T14:28:19.167


Link: CVE-2017-8924

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