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CVE-2017-8924 Details

Description

The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.6 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98451	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98451	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-191	Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 4.10.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 4, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 4, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 21, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]