CVE-2017-8071 (GCVE-0-2017-8071)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-23 05:37 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:27
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Summary
drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-04-16 00:00
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