CVE-2017-16914

La función "stub_send_ret_submit()" (drivers/usb/usbip/stub_tx.c) en el kernel de Linux, en versiones anteriores a la 4.14.8; y las versiones 4.9.71 y 4.4.107, permite que atacantes provoquen una denegación de servicio (lectura fuera de límites) mediante un USB especialmente manipulado en un paquete 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.