CVE-2017-16643 - log back

CVE-2017-16643 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity
+ Medium
Remote
+ Local
Type
+ Denial of service
Description
+ The parse_hid_report_descriptor function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 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. The issue occurs because parse_hid_report_descriptor() has a while (i < length) loop, which only guarantees that there's at least 1 byte in the buffer, but the loop body can read multiple bytes which causes out-of-bounds access.
References
+ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/syzkaller/McWFcOsA47Y
+ https://git.kernel.org/linus/a50829479f58416a013a4ccca791336af3c584c7
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