CVE-2017-5548

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.9.x < 4.9.6 - Denial of Service via ATUSB Driver DMA Scatterlist Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95710
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416110

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 36.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (6)
linux/linux_kernel 4.9
linux/linux_kernel 4.9.1
linux/linux_kernel 4.9.2
linux/linux_kernel 4.9.3
linux/linux_kernel 4.9.4
linux/linux_kernel 4.9.5
Published Feb 06, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026