CVE-2017-8924

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 4.6/10CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-191

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 12, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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