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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-15102): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-15102): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/15/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/24/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trusty

References

  • https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2017-15102
  • CVE - 2017-15102
  • CVE-2017-15102
  • USN-3265-1
  • USN-3265-2
  • USN-3312-1
  • USN-3312-2
  • USN-3314-1
  • USN-3361-1
  • USN-3444-1
  • USN-3444-2
  • USN-3469-1
  • USN-3469-2
  • USN-3485-1
  • USN-3485-2
  • USN-3485-3
  • USN-3487-1
  • USN-3581-1
  • USN-3581-2
  • USN-3581-3
  • USN-3582-1
  • USN-3582-2
  • USN-3583-1
  • USN-3583-2
  • USN-3617-1
  • USN-3617-2
  • USN-3617-3
  • USN-3619-1
  • USN-3619-2
  • USN-3632-1
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