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CVE-2017-16531

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

drivers/usb/core/config.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to the USB_DT_INTERFACE_ASSOCIATION descriptor.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 3.2.95; from 3.3 before 3.16.75; from 3.17 before 3.18.75; from 3.19 before 4.1.46; from 4.2 before 4.4.92; from 4.5 before 4.9.55 — fixed in 3.16.75, 3.18.75, 3.2.95, 4.1.46, 4.13.6, 4.4.92

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 3.16.75, 3.18.75, 3.2.95, 4.1.46. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102025
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd7a3fe770ebd8391d1c7d072ff88e9e76d063eb
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/hP6L-m59m_8/Co2ouWeFAwAJ
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102025
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd7a3fe770ebd8391d1c7d072ff88e9e76d063eb
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/hP6L-m59m_8/Co2ouWeFAwAJ
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

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