UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15102

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15102

    Published: 15 Nov 2017Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15102

    Summary:

    Details: The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15102, https://git.kernel.org/linus/2fae9e5a7babada041e2e161699ade2447a01989, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15102

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-142.191

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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