CVE-ID

CVE-2017-15102

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Description
The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
References
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Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20171008 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 (20171008)
Votes (Legacy)
Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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