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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 4.9.5 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the file drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
The bug was discovered 02/06/2017. The weakness was released 02/06/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-5547 since 01/20/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96894 (Fedora 25 : kernel (2017-81fbd592d4)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 351446 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAC2012-2018-012).
Upgrading to version 4.9.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (96894). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 96553, 96555, 96560 and 96562.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 96894
Nessus Name: Fedora 25 : kernel (2017-81fbd592d4)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2017-81fbd592d4
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Kernel 4.9.6
Patch: git.kernel.org
Timeline
01/20/2017 🔍01/23/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: FEDORA-2017-81fbd592d4
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-5547 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 95709 - Linux Kernel CVE-2017-5547 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5547 - Linux - Denial of Service Issue
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Entry
Created: 02/06/2017 19:25Updated: 11/11/2022 17:01
Changes: 02/06/2017 19:25 (82), 11/11/2022 16:54 (5), 11/11/2022 17:01 (1)
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