CVE-2017-8925

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <4.10.4 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling.

References (5)

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98462

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 27.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-404

Status published

Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.10.3

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Published May 12, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026