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CVE-2017-5548
drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which…
High7.8EPSS 0.45%
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- mitre
Description
drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
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References (6)
- [oss-security] 20170120 Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 95710 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416110 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05a974efa4bdf6e2a150e3f27dc6fcf0a9ad5655 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05a974efa4bdf6e2a150e3f27dc6fcf0a9ad5655 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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