Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201717975000
Revision Date:2017-12-29Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17975 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
Description:Use-after-free in the usbtv_probe function in drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering failure of audio registration, because a kfree of the usbtv data structure occurs during a usbtv_video_free call, but the usbtv_video_fail label's code attempts to both access and free this data structure. Tuba Yavuz discovered that a double-free error existed in the USBTV007 driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17975
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'linux' package in artful was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-43.48').
  • OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in artful was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1020.21').
  • OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in artful was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1093.98').
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