CVE-2017-5548HIGH
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
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95710
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416110
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05a974efa4bdf6e2a150e3f27dc6fcf0a9ad5655
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-02-06
Updated: 2019-10-03
Type: CWE-119
Risk Information
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 7.2
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS v3.0
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: HIGH
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96894 | Fedora 25 : kernel (2017-81fbd592d4) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 96890 | Fedora 24 : kernel (2017-6cc158c193) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |