CVE - CVE-2017-8068

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-8068	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
drivers/net/usb/pegasus.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.
References
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BID:98000 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98000 BID:98008 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98008 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11 CONFIRM:https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5593523f968bc86d42a035c6df47d5e0979b5ace CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5593523f968bc86d42a035c6df47d5e0979b5ace MLIST:[oss-security] 20170416 Silently (or obliviously) partially-fixed CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM bypass URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170423	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170423)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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