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CVE-2017-16535

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.0)
• 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-125

Description

The usb_get_bos_descriptor function in drivers/usb/core/config.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10 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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 4.13.9

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102022
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c0edc3633b56000e18d82fc241e3995ca18a69e
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/tzdz2fTB1K0/OvjIgLSTAgAJ
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102022
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c0edc3633b56000e18d82fc241e3995ca18a69e
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/tzdz2fTB1K0/OvjIgLSTAgAJ
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

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