CVE-2018-16276

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    CVE-2018-16276

    Published: 31 Aug 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7. Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.7, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106095, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115593, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High