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CVE-2017-8070
drivers/net/usb/catc.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.11 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local…
High7.8EPSS 0.45%
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- mitre
Description
drivers/net/usb/catc.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.11 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.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2d6a0e9de03ee658a9adc3bfb2f0ca55dff1e478 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 98011 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170416 Silently (or obliviously) partially-fixed CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM bypass (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2d6a0e9de03ee658a9adc3bfb2f0ca55dff1e478 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .