Use-after-free vulnerability in Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows for denial of service or potential other impact via crafted USB device

Use-after-free vulnerability in Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows for denial of service or potential other impact via crafted USB device

CVE-2017-16648 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The dvb_frontend_free function in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. NOTE: the function was later renamed __dvb_frontend_free.

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