CVE-2017-8925 | BDVDB-2026-85456 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98462
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.