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CVE-2017-8925

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Date: May 12, 2017

The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8925
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8925
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-8925
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98462
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8925
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-8925

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CWE-404

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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