PT-2017-14855 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Andrey Konovalov · Published 2017-12-12 · Updated 2019-05-14 · CVE-2017-17558

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.14.6

Description The issue is related to the usb destroy configuration function in the USB core subsystem, which does not properly consider the maximum number of configurations and interfaces before releasing resources. This can be exploited by local users via a crafted USB device to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.14.6, update to version 4.14.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2802

ALT-PU-2018-1991

CESA-2018_1062

CVE-2017-17558

DLA-1232-1

DSA-4073-1

DSA-4082-1

RHSA-2018:0676

RHSA-2018:1062

RHSA-2018_0676

RHSA-2018_1062

RHSA-2019:1170

RHSA-2019:1190

SUSE-SU-2018:0011-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0031-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0040-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0115-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0180-1

USN-3619-1

USN-3619-2

USN-3754-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 221

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17558 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17807 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16644 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0040-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17449 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15649 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16527 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16526 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5333 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18204 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1 · Vendor Advisory