CVE-2017-15102

EUVD-2017-6569
The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
6.3 MEDIUM
PHYSICAL
HIGH
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 29%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
𝑥
< 4.8.1
redhatenterprise_linux
5.0
redhatenterprise_linux
6.0
canonicalubuntu_linux
12.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
14.04
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
sid
6.11.5-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
artful
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
trusty
Fixed 3.13.0-142.191
released
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-47.68
released
zesty
not-affected
linux-armadaxp
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-aws
artful
dne
bionic
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-azure
artful
dne
bionic
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-euclid
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-flo
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
zesty
dne
linux-gcp
artful
dne
bionic
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-gke
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-goldfish
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
zesty
ignored
linux-grouper
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-hwe
artful
dne
bionic
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-hwe-edge
artful
dne
bionic
Fixed 4.18.0-8.9~18.04.1
released
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-kvm
artful
dne
bionic
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-linaro-omap
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-linaro-shared
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-linaro-vexpress
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-quantal
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-raring
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-saucy
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-trusty
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-utopic
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-vivid
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
ignored
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-wily
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-xenial
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-47.68~14.04.1
released
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-maguro
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-mako
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
zesty
dne
linux-manta
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-oem
artful
dne
bionic
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-qcm-msm
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne
linux-raspi2
artful
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1038.45
released
zesty
not-affected
linux-snapdragon
artful
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1035.39
released
zesty
not-affected
linux-ti-omap4
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
zesty
dne