CVE-2017-8924

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    CVE-2017-8924

    Published: 12 May 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98451, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High