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CVE-2017-16650

• 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: 2017-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-369

Description

The qmi_wwan_bind function in drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 4.13.11

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101791
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/0e0gmaX9R0g/9Me9JcY2BQAJ
• https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/834770/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101791
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/0e0gmaX9R0g/9Me9JcY2BQAJ
• https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/834770/

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