drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17034 drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:27:21.386Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-8071

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-23T05:59:00.597

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

Link: CVE-2017-8071

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-01-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8071 - Bugzilla

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