CVE-2017-15102

Summary

CVECVE-2017-15102
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-15 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.001100000 probability, percentile 0.289790000 (date 2026-05-13)

Problem Types: CWE-476 | race condition


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Linux Kernel Through Version 4.9-rc1 affected Linux kernel through version 4.9-rc1 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel CVE-2017-15102 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1505905 – (CVE-2017-15102) CVE-2017-15102 kernel: NULL pointer dereference due to race condition in probe function of legousbtower driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3583-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix NULL pointer deference · torvalds/linux@2fae9e5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: CVE-2017-15102: Linux kernel: usb: NULL-deref due to a race condition in [legousbtower] driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3583-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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