CVE-2017-16528

Summary

sound/core/seq_device.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (snd_rawmidi_dev_seq_free use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Impact & exploitability

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc27fe7e8deef2f37cba3f2be2d52b6ca5eb9d57 ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc27fe7e8deef2f37cba3f2be2d52b6ca5eb9d57Patch
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/kuZzDHGkQu8/5du20rZEAAAJAdvisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/Advisory