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CVE-2017-16648 - log back

CVE-2017-16648 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity	+ High
Remote	+ Local
Type	+ Privilege escalation
Description	+ The dvb_frontend_free function in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
References	+ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/syzkaller/0HJQqTm0G_g + https://git.kernel.org/linus/b1cb7372fa822af6c06c8045963571d13ad6348b
Notes	+ the function was later renamed __dvb_frontend_free.