UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8925
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8925
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3359-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8925