Description
Use-after-free in the usbtv_probe function in drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering failure of audio registration, because a kfree of the usbtv data structure occurs during a usbtv_video_free call, but the usbtv_video_fail label's code attempts to both access and free this data structure.
Published: 2017-12-30
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4188-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-9117 Use-after-free in the usbtv_probe function in drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering failure of audio registration, because a kfree of the usbtv data structure occurs during a usbtv_video_free call, but the usbtv_video_fail label's code attempts to both access and free this data structure.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3653-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3653-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3654-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3654-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3656-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2, Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3657-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:06:49.896Z

Reserved: 2017-12-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17975

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-30T01:29:00.877

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-17975

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-11-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-17975 - Bugzilla

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