CVE-2017-8925

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-404

Affected software

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

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98462Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98462Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

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

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