CVE-2017-16533 - log back

CVE-2017-16533 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity
+ Medium
Remote
+ Local
Type
+ Denial of service
Description
+ The usbhid_parse function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 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.
References
+ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/syzkaller/CxkJ9QZgwlM
+ https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f043bfc98c193c284e2cd768fefabe18ac2fed9b
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