UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16530

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16530

    Published: 3 Nov 2017Last Modified: 18 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16530
    Aliases:
    USN-3485-1
    USN-3485-2
    USN-3485-3

    Summary:

    Details: The uas driver in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 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, related to drivers/usb/storage/uas-detect.h and drivers/usb/storage/uas.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16530, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/786de92b3cb26012d3d0f00ee37adf14527f35c4, https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/pCswO77gRlM/VHuPOftgAwAJ, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3485-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3485-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3487-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3485-3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16530

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-aws

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-1003.3

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1002.2

    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