The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower... · CVE-2017-15102 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Nov 15, 2017

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022

Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

Moderate

6.3

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Physical

Attack complexity

High

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H