CVE-2017-17975

Published: 29 December 2017

Use-after-free in the usbtv_probe function in drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering failure of audio registration, because a kfree of the usbtv data structure occurs during a usbtv_video_free call, but the usbtv_video_fail label's code attempts to both access and free this data structure.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Tuba Yavuz discovered that a double-free error existed in the USBTV007 driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (4.13.0-43.48)
	bionic	Not vulnerable (4.15.0-19.20)
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-127.153)
	zesty	Ignored (end of life)
	Patches: Introduced by 63ddf68de52efaac40a9287e44266ac30e71dd36 Fixed by 50e7044535537b2a54c7ab798cd34c7f6d900bd2
linux-armadaxp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-aws Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Not vulnerable (4.15.0-1005.5)
	trusty	Released (4.4.0-1022.22)
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1060.69)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-azure Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Not vulnerable (4.15.0-1008.8)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.13.0-1018.21)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-euclid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Ignored (was needed ESM criteria)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-flo Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [abandoned])
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Ignored (abandoned)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-gcp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Not vulnerable (4.15.0-1005.5)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.13.0-1017.21)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-gke Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-goldfish Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [abandoned])
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Not vulnerable
	zesty	Not vulnerable
linux-grouper Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [abandoned])
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-hwe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-hwe-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Released (4.18.0-8.9~18.04.1)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Not vulnerable (4.15.0-1006.6)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1026.31)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-omap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-shared Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-vexpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-quantal Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-raring Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-saucy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-trusty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-utopic Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-vivid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-wily Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-xenial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Released (4.4.0-127.153~14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-maguro Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [abandoned])
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-mako Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [abandoned])
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Ignored (abandoned)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-manta Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [abandoned])
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-oem Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Not vulnerable (4.15.0-1004.5)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.13.0-1028.31)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-qcm-msm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-raspi2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (4.13.0-1020.21)
	bionic	Not vulnerable (4.15.0-1009.10)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1090.98)
	zesty	Ignored (end of life)
linux-snapdragon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (4.4.0-1093.98)
	bionic	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1093.98)
	zesty	Ignored (end of life)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.17~rc1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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