CVE-2017-5547

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5547
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-06 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-10 00:54:00 UTC
Descriptiondrivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Bug 1416096 – CVE-2017-5547 kernel: DMA buffers on stack CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash kernel MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2017-5547 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
HID: corsair: fix DMA buffers on stack · torvalds/linux@6d104af · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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