UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8071

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8071

    Published: 23 Apr 2017Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8071

    Summary:

    Details: drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8071, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.9, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8071

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1
    4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
    4.8.0-41.44~16.04.1
    4.8.0-42.45~16.04.1
    4.8.0-44.47~16.04.1
    4.8.0-45.48~16.04.1
    4.8.0-46.49~16.04.1
    4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1
    4.8.0-51.54~16.04.1
    4.8.0-52.55~16.04.1
    4.8.0-53.56~16.04.1
    4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1
    4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1
    4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1

    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