CVE-2017-16911

El controlador vhci_hcd en el kernel de Linux, en versiones anteriores a la 4.14.8 y la 4.4.114, permite que atacantes locales revelen direcciones de memoria del kernel. La explotación con éxito requiere que se conecte un dispositivo USB mediante IP.

Jann Horn discovered that the Berkeley Packet Filter implementation in the Linux kernel improperly performed sign extension in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that a race condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ALSA PCM subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.