CVE-2017-15102

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/aLinux kernel through version 4.9-rc1Linux kernel through version 4.9-rc1affected

Weaknesses

  • race condition

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

References