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.
References
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4 | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98451 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
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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
JSON object: View
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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