CVE-2017-16526 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Kernel

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-253 — Incorrect Check of Function Return Value16 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV7.0OSV4.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Linux KernelDebian LinuxCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 4
Latest updateMay 14

Description

drivers/uwb/uwbd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.3 — 3.16.52+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 4.13.10-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 3.13.0-157.207+1
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 4.13.10-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: groups.google.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-7fc8-vvxm-fgc5: drivers/uwb/uwbd↗2022-05-14
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OSV
linux vulnerabilities↗2018-08-24
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OSV
linux-aws vulnerabilities↗2017-11-21
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OSV
linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities↗2017-11-21
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gke, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2017-11-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2018-08-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2017-11-21
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities↗2017-11-21
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2017-11-21
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities↗2017-11-21
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16525 CVE-2017-16526 CVE-2017-16527 CVE-2017-16528 CVE-2017-16529 CVE-2017-16530 CVE-2017-16531 CVE-2017-16532 CVE-2017-16533 CVE-2017-16534 CVE-2017-16535 CVE-2017-16536 CVE-2017-16537 CVE-2↗2017-11-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16526 kernel: General protection fault in drivers/uwb/uwbd.c↗2017-11-08
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