CVE-2017-16644 - log back

CVE-2017-16644 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity
+ Medium
Remote
+ Local
Type
+ Denial of service
Description
+ The hdpvr_probe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (improper error handling and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
References
+ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/syzkaller/ngC5SLvxPm4
+ https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9966135/
+ https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0f71bbb810237a38734607ca4599632f7f5d47f
Notes
+ Fixed in 4.16