CVE-2017-16538 - log back

CVE-2017-16538 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity
+ Medium
Remote
+ Local
Type
+ Denial of service
Description
+ drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/lmedm04.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to a missing warm-start check and incorrect attach timing (dm04_lme2510_frontend_attach versus dm04_lme2510_tuner).
References
+ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/syzkaller/XwNidsl4X04
+ https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44566/
+ https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44567/
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