CVE-2017-8925

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.10.4 - Denial of Service via Omninet Driver Reference Count Mishandling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 5
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98462
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0042
EPSS Percentile 33.6%
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 (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
linux/linux_kernel < 4.10.3
Published May 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026