CVE-2017-8072

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The cp2112_gpio_direction_input function in drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 does not have the expected EIO error status for a zero-length report, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-388

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.9Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e9faa15469ed7c7467423db4c62aeed3ff4cae3Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e9faa15469ed7c7467423db4c62aeed3ff4cae3Patch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.9Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e9faa15469ed7c7467423db4c62aeed3ff4cae3Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e9faa15469ed7c7467423db4c62aeed3ff4cae3Patch

Timeline

Published: Apr 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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