Description
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/cxusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
Published: 2017-04-23
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17026 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/cxusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3314-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:27:21.316Z

Reserved: 2017-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8063

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-23T05:59:00.270

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8063

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-02-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8063 - Bugzilla

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