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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8924 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8924

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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published May 12, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change April 22, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux

116 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

49 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gke

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-3359-1
related USN-3360-2

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8924

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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence